Sadaqah in Islām

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.

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm.

(Qur’ān 63:10). ‘Wa-anfiqū min mā razaqnākum’, ‘And spend [in the way of Allah ] from what We have provided you.’ Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “Spend from what We have provided for you.” Spend; that is, give for good, spend for yourselves. As stated in the ḥadīths of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, if a person seeks the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ, what he spends for himself is as if it were given in the way of Allāh ﷻ. Everything he spends on himself, his family, his relatives, and his neighbors becomes goodness and rewards for him. This is a great benefit for a Muslim.

Of course, when a person becomes a Muslim, all kinds of goodness come to him. Allāh ﷻ accepts what he does and will do, and gives him barakah. But if he does not know Allāh ﷻ, then no matter how much he helps, no matter what he gives to whom, it benefits neither himself, nor his family, nor his neighbors. Such people don’t even give their neighbors anyways. They don’t do their help for the sake of Allāh ﷻ. If they help, it’s only in exchange for some benefit.

Therefore, our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says that when giving for the sake of Allāh ﷻ, you should start with yourself. If there is anything left over, give it to your family, then to your neighbors, relatives, and wherever there is someone in need. Distribute what is left over from your sustenance to them, give to them, so that Allāh ﷻ may give to you; so that goodness comes from your hands.

As we said, being a Muslim is a great blessing, a great favor from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Everything has value and benefit. Every minute of your life, everything you do, has a benefit; nothing goes in vain. Without īmān and adherence to Islām, a person lives an empty life. No matter how full they think their life is, the disgraceful and evil deeds they commit will not benefit them or bring them any profit. But if they repent and enter to the

way of Allāh ﷻ, then they will have succeeded. “ * ”, “Yubaddilu Llāhu sayyiātihim ḥasanāt”, “For them Allah will replace their evil deeds with good.” (Qur’an 25:70). That is, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will transform their evil deeds and sins into good deeds. Therefore, this is very important. Allāh ﷻ invites people to Paradise so that they may come to the right way. He says, “Do not go to Hell.” But people strive, insisting “We want to go to Hell.” May Allāh ﷻ protect us and not separate us from the right way, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

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