A Believer Should be Like a Bee

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:

‘Wa 'Awĥá Rabbuka 'Ilá An-Naĥli 'Ani Attakhidhī Mina Al-Jibāli Buyūtāan Wa Mina Ash-Shajari Wa Mimmā Ya`rishūna’, ‘And your Lord inspired the bee, saying: "Take you habitations in the mountains and in the trees and in what they erect.’ (Qur’ān 16:68). Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.

They say the honeybee is a blessed insect. It is stated that Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla reveals to it. Just as Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla reveals to prophets, He ﷻ also reveals to whomever or whatever He ﷻ wants. It is a blessed insect. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla commands it to build its nest in mountains and trees and to produce a beautiful honey, a source of healing, within that nest. That honey is cure; it is goodness and beauty for people.

A believer should be like a bee. Everything they do should benefit both themselves and others. They should not be lazy or harbor evil thoughts. That tiny animal builds its nest, produces its honey, and works tirelessly. The expression “as busy as a bee,” known among people, means to be very hardworking. A believer should be like this; everything they do should be based on goodness. When they see evil, they strive to prevent it. The bee is the same way. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla created it in such a way that when it stings someone, it dies itself but also averts the danger. Because even its venom is a cure. It is such a beautiful insect created by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. A believer should be the same. Even preventing people from doing evil is actually for his own benefit. He strives to do good, not evil. He stands against evil; even if it sometimes harms himself.

Liars say, “Islām spread to the world by the sword.” If the sword was used, it was to eliminate the oppressor and to establish beauty and goodness; that is the real purpose. The soldiers of shayṭān and those who follow him inflict all kinds of oppression on people, but they say nothing about it. But when Islām tries to prevent this oppression, they portray Islām as oppressive and evil. However, Islām is not like that; Islām is just like

the bee. It has a beautiful cure and stands against evil. May Allāh ﷻ help and send the sāhib so that people may be saved from these evils. May it be for the best, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 22 July 2026/ 08 Safar 1448 Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul