On the Matter of Having Children

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.

“Inna Rabbaka Huwa Al-KhallāquAl-`Alīmu”, “Verily, your Lord is the All-Knowing Creator.” (Qur’an 15:86). Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is The Creator. He ﷻ is the All-Knowing. He ﷻ is the One Who does what He ﷻ wants; Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Therefore, every human being, every living creature in this world, is created with the permission and will of Allāh ﷻ. Some people question, “Why did You create me?” You were created because Allāh ﷻ willed it. You came to this world not by your own choice, but by the will of Allāh ﷻ. Some people say, “We have so many children, let’s not have any more, let’s avoid it,” and then they find themselves having children. There’s no need to get angry or upset; it means that Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla wanted that soul to come into the world. No matter how much you hide it or not want it, that person will come into the world, be born, and grow up. Whether it will be good or bad is also Allāh’s ﷻ decree. But what is to come will surely come; no one can prevent a soul that Allāh ﷻ will create. No one can prevent its coming into the world.

Because the īmān of people today has weakened considerably, to the point of being below zero. Therefore, when a situation arises, they panic, saying, “What will we do? How will we take care of this child?” However, the true Provider, Ar-Razzāq is Allāh ‘Azza waJalla. The sustenance of the one who comes into the world, when they will be born, and when they will die, all depend on the will of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Don’t tire your mind about it. Rely on Allāh ﷻ. If something is going to happen, it will happen; and if not, that too is Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla’s decree. But if something does happen, we must submit to it. We should thank Allāh ﷻ and make du’ā’ that it is good for us and not bad.

May Allāh ﷻ protect us. Now there are many bad people. The majority of people in the world are bad and evil people. Therefore, we must make du’ā’ that the one who comes into the world will be good. That they will be a true servant of Allāh ﷻ, and one of

those whom Allāh ﷻ loves; that is what we must make du’ā’ for. Otherwise, there’s no need to wonder, “Will they study? What will their future be?” What’s important is that they are good people and loved by Allāh ﷻ; that’s what matters. Now, people are all the same; as in one mold. They all insist on studying, they all do the same things. The three, four things they study are all the same. And even that they learn by force. If everything could be achieved simply by studying, then no one could live. Everything is by the will of Allāh ﷻ; whatever sustenance a servant receives, that’s what is written in the sight of Allāh ﷻ. We live with that sustenance, we manage in this world that way. What’s important, as we said, is to be good people. May Allāh ﷻ make us among those good people. May all our descendants and all the children of Muslims be good people, in shā’a Llāh. May He ﷻ deliver us all from badness, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

There are recited Qur’ān Khatms, ayāt, surahs, salawat, tasbihat, tahlilāt, takbirāt, khatms of Dalā’il Al-Khayrāt. May Allāh ﷻ accept their good deeds. To the soul of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, for the souls of his Ahlu l-Bayt and ṣaḥābah. For the souls of all prophets, Awliyā’, asfiya, mashāyikh. For the souls of our ancestors. For goodness to come and the evil to be warded off. For happiness here and hereafter.

Li-Llahi Ta’ala, Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 31 July 2026/ 17 Safar 1448 Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul