Three Beautiful Teachings

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa RaḥmatuLlāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu BiLlāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. BismiLlāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi RasūliLlāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Sheikh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Sheikh Muḥammad Nāẓim al- Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

The ḥadīths of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam from yesterday are beautiful, truly beautiful. The words of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam are priceless treasures. Whoever obeys him ﷺ, follows his ﷺ example, and heeds his ﷺ advice and beautiful words will be happy and from people of joy both in this world and the hereafter. This beautiful way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is a way devoid of any evil.

Yesterday we read, our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said, “No wealth diminishes from charity.” Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said this as an oath; anyone who says that their wealth decreases from giving charity is lying. Charity increases wealth, wards off trouble and calamity, and leads to all kinds of goodness and the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ. Therefore, this ḥadīth we read yesterday is a very beautiful saying of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. There is no doubt about this, as our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam swore an oath; no one should think, “If I give charity, my wealth will decrease.” By giving sadaqah, a person protects himself, becomes a means of attaining the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ, and fulfills our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam’s word.

Secondly, even if you are in the right, if you forgive someone who has harmed you, you will become Azīz (honored) in the Presence of Allāh ﷻ, you will be a person of dignity and you will be an accepted person. Otherwise, even if you succumb to your ego and quarrel or argue with that person, that virtue will be gone. This is also important, because it is not easy for a person to control his own ego. To relinquish falsehood and injustice for the sake of Allāh ﷻ, even when you are in the right – people may sometimes object by saying, “This is unacceptable,” but if you relinquish it for the sake of Allāh ﷻ, Allāh ﷻ will make you honored and exalted in His ﷻ sight. This is also very important.

Thirdly, asking for money from people, begging— our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wasallam said that this is not a good behavior at all. It leads to poverty. If it is given to you without you asking, if Allāh ﷻ sends it, you receive it; but if you are constantly saying, “Give me,” then that leads to poverty. May Allāh ﷻ protect us.

These three teachings are very beautiful pieces of advice from our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. They are a means to a person’s lifelong goodness, beauty, happiness, and bliss, both in this world and the hereafter. May Allāh ﷻ make us among those who follow his ﷺ way, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ grant us all the ability to accept this beautiful ḥadīth and act upon it without following our own egos, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 17 June 2026/ 02 Muharram 1448 Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul