Ḥadīth Lesson: Removing Harm from the Path

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.

1Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Remove from the path of Muslims anything that would cause them harm.” Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam commanded that whatever is on the path, whether it be stones, rubble, or other harmful things, be removed.

2Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Remove harmful things and bad things from the road, for this is charity for you.” Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam gives this order to all of us so that it will benefit us; it is a charity. Allāh ﷻ also gives reward for charity. Now some people say, “It’s on the road, what does it have to do with me!” They pass by it, and don’t touch it. However, if you remove it, you will attain the reward of charity and you will also gain thawāb.

3Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla forgave the past and future sins of a man who removed the thorny branch on the road.” This is a big thing. His

sins for the past are forgiven. This is our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam’s gift to us. It will also be a means for the forgiveness of the future sins; sins that will happen. Because our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam told about the forgiveness of future sins only for the Companions of Badr. But this [act] will be barakah for us and our future sins will be forgiven, insha’Allah.

Now, the people of this time consider themselves clean, they do cleaning things, tygiene, mygiene, [hygiene]. But they are disgusted with food. Two days ago, we went to a beautiful place given by Allāh ﷻ. The entire side of the road and the mountain were stones, the dirt, and much food and drink they had eaten and thrown away. They ate and drank and threw away. What you’ve done is harmful to you! It is a burden upon you. I don’t know if it is a sin, but it is a burden. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam told about this. This is the beauty of Islām. People show Islām as bad. Islām is the most beautiful, the best thing. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, all the Ḥadīths are like this: be clean, do not be dirty, do not harm, do not throw dirt. Now you throw everything you eat and drink there. However, you can pick it up and put it in a bag, the municipality has put huge garbage bins, so you throw it there and they will take care of it. Masha'Allah, Muslims and non-Muslims, those who pray and those who do not: act the same. As they say wherever there are many people, there is dirt. That’s exactly what’s happening. People are acting like that. Our Holy Prophet talks about goodness in all his Ḥadīths from beginning to end. Even the one who says he is a Muslim does not act upon this!

4Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says, “There was a branch on the road that was causing harm to humanity. A man lifted it and was admitted to heaven because of this deed.” What a great benefit it is for a person, for his hereafter, that he protects people from evil and harm. He becomes from the people of paradise, says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Just because he moved a branch out of the way.

5Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says, “I saw a person who cut down a tree on the road that disturbed people, swimming among the blessings in heaven,” says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. His deed is that much [precious] that our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saw that person; because he sees everything of the hereafter. Just because he cut down the tree hanging over the road so that people could pass by comfortably, he reached the gardens of Paradise, said our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.

6Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “One person saw a tree on the road that was disturbing people.” So, while he was walking on a path, he saw a tree that was harmful on the road. People have a hard time passing through there. He said, “Wallah, I swear to God, I will move this tree to one side of the road so that it will not cause any more harm to Muslims.” So he removed it from the road. For this reason, our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “For this reason, he will be admitted to heaven, he has become from the people of Paradise.”

7Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Whoever removes something that causes harm from the path of Muslims, Allah ﷻ writes a reward for him. Whoever Allah ﷻ writes a reward for, he will enter him into Heaven with that reward.” Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla gives people opportunities so that they can enter Heaven. It also becomes a service to others, a service to people.

8Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Whoever removes something that harms Muslims from their path, a reward will be recorded for him.” As we said, whether this thing was a thorn, a stone, an iron - anything that causes harm to a person is written as a reward for it. “Whoever has a reward or good deed accepted, that person will enter heaven.” So everything a person does isn’t definitely going to be accepted. But this will definitely be accepted that the person will receive the reward of that good deed and will go to heaven because of that good deed.

9Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Whoever removes a stone that causes harm on the road will receive a reward, and whoever has a reward will enter heaven.”

10-Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Remove harmful things from the path of Muslims.” So this is an order. The one who obeys the order of our Prophet ṣallá

Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, will definitely gain reward, gain the pleasure of Allah ﷻ, become a beloved servant of Allah ﷻ and enter heaven.

Unfortunately, this issue is more prevalent in the countries of Muslims. The country where it’s most found - there are many, masha’Allah. We have been to that country a lot. It’s called Pakistan: Pak means pure, clean country. But unfortunately, everything is worse than here. There is not a single square inch of it without nylon, garbage, dirt and pollution. So they left India because they are Muslims and wanted to live as Muslims. This is what Islām demonstrated by our Prophet is: it is cleanliness. So we say that one thing. Everywhere in our country is like that, every Muslim country is like that. In Europe, they force them to be like that. If they do not clean or be clean, there is a penalty for that. But still better than the Muslims. By Allah’s ﷻ wisdom, the kāfir, infidel in this time is better than the Muslim. One of their shortcomings is they haven’t said the Shahadah. Our people, may Allah ﷻ protect us, the Shahadah keeps us safe. Otherwise, we will be worse than them. May Allah ﷻ protect us.

Sadaqa RasuluLlah fi ma qal, aw kama qal. The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ says the truth in what he ﷺ said or as he ﷺ said.

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Ihda’ – Dedication:

Ziyadatan ila sharafi’ ‘n-Nabi, sallaLlahu `alayhi wa sallam wa Alihi wa Asahabihi l-kiram, wa ila arwahi jamee’i al Anbiya’i wa l-Mursalin wa Khudama’i sharai’ihim wa ila arwahi al ‘Aimmati al arba’a, wa ila arwahi Mashayyikhina fi t-Tariqati nNaqshbandiyyati l-Aliyyah, khassatan Imamu t-Tariqah wa Ghawthu l-Khaliqah Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, wa sai’ri Sadatina wa s-Siddiqiyun, wa man nahnu fi hadratihim wa jiwarihim. To the souls of all our ancestors. To the souls of all Shahīds. For goodness to come and evil to be warded off. For people to come to their senses. Li-Llahi Ta’ala, Al-Fatiha.

[(Translation) To the honor of the Prophet, Prayers and Peace be upon Him, and his family, and his companions, and the souls of all the prophets as well as of His messengers and of those who served their Sharia, and to the souls of the four Imams. And to the souls of our Mashayikh of the Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Tariqa, in particular to the soul of the Imam of the Tariqa Ghawth al-Khaliqa (the Help of Creation), Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh

Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, and the rest of our masters and Siddiqiyun, and to whom we are in their presence and near them. To the souls of all our ancestors. To the souls of all Shahīds. For goodness to come and evil to be warded off. To Allah Almighty. Al Fatiha.]

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 11 August 2026/ 28 Safar 1448 Beylerbeyi Dergah, Istanbul