Don’t Look Down on Anyone

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 Qihimu As-Sayyi’āti Wa Man Taqī As-Sayyi’āti Yawma’idhin Faqad Raĥimtah’, ‘And protect them from the evil consequences [of their deeds]. And he whom You protect from evil consequences that Day - You will have given him mercy.’ (Qur’ān 40:09). Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.

Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says in Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n, “Protect us from sins. The one whom You protect from sins is the one who has attained Your mercy.” He is within the mercy of Allāh ﷻ. Because sin is something everyone can commit. Some are minor sins, some are major sins. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “Kullu ibn Ādam khatta’,” “Every son of Adam is a sinner.” That is, every human being has sins and mistakes. But the best of them are those who repent and seek forgiveness.

You go here and there, there are people who commit sins. Do not consider yourself superior to them. You are not an angel. If Allāh ﷻ wills, He ﷻ will protect you. So we always make du’ā’ to Allāh ﷻ to be under His ﷻ protection. May Allāh ﷻ forgive us, for we too are sinners. May He ﷻ make us among those who know their sins, and repent and seek forgiveness. Do not look at what others do and say, “I am better than them.” May Allāh ﷻ protect us. Many states happen to a person throughout their life. Our ancestors used to say, “Do not speak too boastfully, saying ‘I am this, I am that’.” A person who speaks boastfully, when a calamity befalls them, cannot know where it came from and goes on in the state of heedlessness. May Allāh ﷻ protect us, may we not fall into heedlessness. May we know our own state so that we are not defeated by our ego. Do not say, “I pray a lot, I get up at night for worship; look, these people are always playing and having fun, I am better than them.” Beware! Because this is a favor that Allāh ﷻ has bestowed upon you. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla may grant that favor to them as well. He ﷻ may change your state with theirs. May Allāh ﷻ protect us.

Therefore, everyone should constantly repent and seek forgiveness for their mistakes. They should look at their own state and not concern themselves too much with the state of others. May Allāh ﷻ forgive us all. Do not be arrogant towards anyone and do not consider yourselves superior to anyone. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May Allāh ﷻ protect us from sins. Those who are protected from sins are saved. May Allāh ﷻ help the Ummah of Muhammad. May He ﷻ send us the sāhib so that we may be saved from these states, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 03 August 2026/ 20 Safar 1448 Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul