Loving Our Prophet ﷺ is Obligatory

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.

Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, this is the blessed month of Rabi’ Al-Awwal, the month of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Our beautiful Prophet ﷺ was created with beauty. Everything about our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is beautiful. Therefore, this month, Rabi’ means the month of spring. Whenever it comes, it is the month of spring. It brings the spring, that beauty, to people. This is a great blessing from Allāh ﷻ to mankind. It is a great honor to be from the Ummah of Allāh’s ﷻ beloved servant, our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Those who know this value will win. Those who do not know will not benefit from anything; they will have harm, not benefit. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla created our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam from His ﷻ own light, and He ﷻ created all the universes from his ﷺ light.

Therefore, respecting our Holy Prophet ﷺ is obligatory. It is the very first obligation. There are some foolish people - Those who are not Muslim become enemies of Allāh ﷻ and the Prophet. But those who claim to be Muslim but do not instill love and respect for our Holy Prophet ﷺ in Muslims are another affliction for humanity and the Ummah. Because they deprive the Ummah of the beauty, goodness, reward, and all kinds of blessings that they could gain. They give them nothing but evil. They sow doubt (whisperings) and instill all kinds of wickedness.

Therefore, the love for our Holy Prophet ﷺ is obligatory. It is obligatory for all Muslims to honor him ﷺ. Honoring him ﷺ is not shirk. In fact, engaging with them is not reasonable in the first place. Engaging with them yields no benefit. Because talking to people who lack mind and logic brings no benefit. But those who want to learn, those whom Allāh ﷻ wishes to guide, will come to the right way. Through mind, reason, logic, reflection, observation, and research, one can certainly understand that honoring our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is obligatory.

The greatest evidence is in Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n, “ & ”, ‘Inna Llāha wa mala‘īkatahu yuṣallūna ’ala n-nabiyyi ya‘ ayyuhā alladhīna ā‘manū ṣallū ’alayhi wa sallimū taslīma, ‘Indeed, Allāh and His angels

send blessings on the Prophet: O you who have believed! Ask blessings on him, and salute him with all respect.’ (Qur’ān 33:56). There is a command: “Allāh and His angels send blessings upon our Holy Prophet ﷺ; so send blessings upon him.” What could be greater than that? “I know the Qur’ān, I’ve memorized it; I’ve memorized the ḥadīths,” says someone, but then they don’t know the greatness and honor of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Where is their mind, their logic, their humanity?! May Allāh ﷻ protect us.

Most of them go down that wrong way, but some return. Anyone who thinks with their intellect will surely come to the right way. We give this advice so that people don’t get cheated by them. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, in this month of Mawlid, sending more salawāt upon our Holy Prophet ﷺ every day, following his ﷺ Sunnah, and walking in his ﷺ way is a great gain for us. May Allāh ﷻ protect us, let us not squander that gain. It’s not difficult. What Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla wants is to have love and respect for our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. That’s what He ﷻ wants; He ﷻ doesn’t tell you to “Carry stones on your back!” Is it really that difficult to honor and respect our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wasallam?! There is no creature, no human being, no being in the world that deserves more respect and honoring than our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, we are from his ﷺ ummah. May we be on his ﷺ way until our last breath, forever, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh’s ﷻ barakah be upon us. May our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam’s himmah be with us, in shā’a Llāh. Mubarak this beautiful month, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 14 August 2026/ 01 Rabih Al-Awwal 1448 Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul