Don’t Interfere in What Doesn’t Concern You

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, “Do not interfere in everything.” He said, “Do not interfere in things that are not your business and do not concern you.” A person who possesses the beautiful morals of Islam does not interfere in such things., “Min ḥusni islāmi l-mar’i, tarkuhu mā lā ya‘nīh”, “Part of the perfection of one’s Islām is his leaving that which does not concern him.” He should not interfere in things that are not necessary for him. It is acceptable if he is attending to his own affairs and helping his family and friends. But he should stay away from things that are completely irrelevant, things that wouldn’t benefit him whether he interfered or not.

One already has many things to do; as long as he’s on the way of Allāh ﷻ, there’s no need to look at anything else. Every person has a different duty. To help him fulfill his duty, you should say, “May Allāh ﷻ help him.” If you think you can achieve something by interfering in his work and giving him advice, things will get worse if he listens to you; it’s better if he doesn’t. Because Allāh ﷻ has given everyone a duty to perform; everyone has their own work and responsibilities. One person can’t do what another can; one person can’t studt what another can. Everyone has their own separate tasks. Everyone must know their limits. Say, “My limit is here, I don’t know what goes beyond this.” There are experts who know what’s beyond this. Because nowadays, people all think of themselves as all-knowing. They interfere with everyone, saying, “You will do this, you will do that.” Or, they tell others, “I heard this, I heard that.” What you heard is different, what you understood is different, what you saw is different. Those are things you don’t know; don’t interfere in them. If you don’t interfere, you will be at ease, and you will make others at ease too.

Therefore, this is a beautiful saying of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. For the good of mankind, he says, don’t interfere in things you don’t know. That is important, very important. Control yourself, your ego. Know your limits, don’t go beyond them. If you know things, you can tell people. There is no need to tell others about things you don’t know, just because you heard them by word of mouth. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. This is already a strange time. Therefore, if you don’t want to cause yourself a headache and

stress, don’t interfere; don’t interfere in matters that don’t concern you. May Allāh ﷻ protect us all from fitnah, there are many fitnahs. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. Allāh ﷻ rewards people according to their intentions. So many shukr to Allāh ﷻ.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 18 August 2026/ 05 Rabih Al-Awwal 1448 Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul