Guiding to Goodness is as Doing It

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.

Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “Ad-dāl ‘ala lkhayr ka-fā’ilih”, “The one who guides to good is like the one who performs it.” A person who strives to do good or shows others the way to do good is considered as if they have done the good deed themselves. The reward for a person who displays all kinds of goodness, facilitates it among people, helps people, or enables others to help even if they cannot help themselves, is the same as the reward for the person who actually does the deed, says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.

Because the main goal of a Muslim is to benefit people. The main goal of Islām is to do good and benevolent for all of humanity. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla sent Islām and commanded it to humanity not only to benefit people, but also animals, the environment, and everything else. There is no evil in Islām; there is only beauty. Therefore, in Islām, our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said that the one who guides others receives as much reward as the one who performs the good deed. His ﷺ words are blessed.

Of course, while some people want to do these good deeds, shayṭān does not remain idle; it does not suit him; he does not want good to be shown or done. The shayṭān always wants evil, conflict, and chaos, and no peace. Therefore, he torments and attacks those who do good. But a person who is on the way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla does not pay attention to this and continues on his way. He does not ask for thanks from anyone. He does not ask for words of praise from anyone. He does everything only for the sake of Allāh ﷻ. He says, “We do it for the sake of Allāh ﷻ; whoever wants to like it, like it, and whoever doesn't want to like it, dislike it.” As long as Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is pleased, the rest is not important. May the pleasure of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla always be upon us. May we always be a means of goodness, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 06 August 2026/ 23 Safar 1448 Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul