Obey Allāh ﷻ and Our Prophet ﷺ

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.

Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says,

‘Wa ‘Aqīmū Aş-Şalāata Wa ‘Ātū Az-Zakāata Wa ‘Aţīū Ar-Rasūla Laallakum Turĥamūn’, ‘And establish prayer and give zakah and obey the Messenger - that you may receive mercy.’ (Qur’ān 24:56). Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.

Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “Obey Allāh ﷻ and obey the Prophet ﷺ, so that He ﷻ may treat you with mercy and compassion.” The second part of the Khutbah is this Ḥadīth Sharif: which says that hearts become rusty. Just as iron rusts. When iron rusts, it needs to be cleaned. If the rust is removed, then it can be used. Rust causes it to slowly decay. The heart shouldn’t become rusty. The rust refers to darkness, disbelief, faithlessness, and all kinds of wicked things; it darkens the heart, rendering it unusable. Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu shSha’n cleanses it, polishes it, and increases faith. Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n was sent to our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam through his ﷺ holy tongue, and the word of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla reached us through him. Now, some people say, “We don’t need the Qur’ān, we don’t need the our Prophet’s ﷺ ḥadīths.” However, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla said it specifically: “ +,” ‘Aṭiū’ Llāha wa aṭiū’ r-Rasūla’, ‘Obey Allah and obey the Messenger.”(Qur’ān 04:59). Obey Allāh ﷻ, and obey the Prophet ﷺ. That sign is to understand that: the beautiful words spoken by our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wasallam are the essence of Islām, everything is there. Without the ḥadīths, nothing would be understood. And Allāh ﷻ does what He ﷻ wills anyway. Allāh ﷻ has commanded this. You must obey it. Anyone who says, “I don’t need the Prophet, I can figure it out myself,” has already knocked themselves out from the start. They’ve thrown themselves off the right way, it’s a disaster. Because Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n was explained, read, and written through our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Everything is through our Holy Prophet ﷺ. How can you deny that? He ﷺ is the foundation of the religion, the foundation of Allāh’s ﷻ way: our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. A person who lacks respect for him ﷺ has nothing of īmān. They may only say they are “Muslim” with

their tongues; may Allāh ﷻ protect us from that. And they might go without īmān because of that.

Therefore, this month is the month of Mawlid, the month of the birth of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. We send salawāt, takbir, and tahlil upon him ﷺ, asking Allāh ﷻ to accept our good deeds and acts of worship through him. We make him our intercessor, saying, “There is no good in the prayers we perform, no good in anything we do. We only present it to Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla for the sake of our Prophet ﷺ.” When we do this, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will not reject it. Otherwise, there is no good in what we do, neither in what we recite, nor in anything else with our ego. We present it as sinful. Some people think of themselves as something important, saying, “The Prophet’s intercession is not necessary, I do it myself.’ But what you do is like a rag; it’s worthless. Because you have mixed good with bad deeds. You have defiled, polluted, and made impure something pure. You do that and then you stand before Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. They will throw it back in your face. If you present your worship in such a disrespectful and impolite way, they will say, “Take this and get out!” If you bring your deeds and show disrespect to our Prophet in the presence of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, thinking it’s something important, that will not be accepted at all.

Therefore, we present everything we do with the barakah and intercession of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. May Allāh ﷻ guide people. The shayṭān is playing with people. Especially now, during this month of Mawlid Sharīf, shayṭān and those who are with him are even more enraged. Who are those who are with shayṭān? Those who do not respect our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Those who do not know his ﷺ worth and value are the playthings of shayṭān. Therefore, may Allāh ﷻ bring them to their senses, may they be guided, and may they come to the right way, in shā’a Llāh. Our intention is what our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam taught: mercy. We will be merciful, and we hope that they will be guided to the right way, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 21 August 2026/ 08 Rabih Al-Awwal 1448 Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul