Don’t Compromise your Religion for Dunyā

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.

Mubarak the day of the birth of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Fifteen hundred years ago, our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam came into this world. From this time, and indeed all the people until today are from the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ. Allāh ﷻ sent our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam as a gift. To be part of his ﷺ Ummah is a great blessing. To reject that would be considered foolishness.

Shukr to Allāh ﷻ we are gathered here today, for the sake of Allāh ﷻ and the love of the Prophet. The atmosphere today, MashaAllah, is very similar to the atmosphere of Madīnah Munawwarah. It’s a little warmer, but beautiful. There is divine manifestation. Everything has a good side. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, for this good side. Everything comes to us with a good side. Whatever happens, whatever we do, as long as it is for the sake of Allāh ﷻ, it is the good side. No matter how much trouble there is from others, in shā’a Llāh, there is no trouble for those who are on the way of our Prophet ﷺ. There is only the love of Allāh ﷻ for the sake of Allāh ﷻ. Once that love is present, nothing else has an effect. The greatest gift from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is that He ﷻ places the love of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and the love of our Prophet ﷺ in our hearts; after that, nothing else matters. That is the most important thing. That is the most precious thing. If Allāh ﷻ grants us that precious thing with His ﷻ permission, in shā’a Llāh, it will remain in our hearts forever, it will never leave our hearts, in shā’a Llāh.

Because this is our greatest du’ā’. More than eating, drinking, or any kind of trouble, the greatest du’ā’ we should make is for our hearts to be filled with that love, to increase and continue without ever diminishing. This is the greatest virtue. Once you are on the way of Allāh ﷻ, you will follow his ﷺ way and honor him ﷺ. You will give your life for our holy Prophet ﷺ, as he ﷺ wants. You mustn’t deviate from his ﷺ way. You mustn’t be a bad example to others. To say, “Look, this man is on the way of the Prophet, on this way, and look what he’s doing,” is the greatest evil. May Allāh ﷻ protect us from this. May this way protect us. Let us not stray from the way. Those who stray from the way will perish.

Therefore, whatever worldly things they show you, do not accept them. Do not compromise on them. There is no compromise on your love for Allāh ﷻ and the Prophet ﷺ. Once a person gets used to compromising, a little bit here and there, neither faith nor Islām remains in him. Therefore, the most important thing is the way of the Prophet ﷺ, the way of ṭarīqah, the way of madhhab, the way of Islām. There is nothing more precious than that. Even if they offered you the whole world, “deviate from this way, don’t believe in this, don’t do this” – or even if they offered you a small thing and said that the world will be yours, don’t accept it. Don’t compromise with it. The more you compromise, the more you will be destroyed. The greatest destruction is losing your Hereafter. Don’t lose your Hereafter for worldly gain. Worldly gain is temporary. The Hereafter is eternal. If you give up your Hereafter for worldly gain, how will you look your Shaykh in the face in the Hereafter, how will you look our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘ alayhi wa-sallam in the face? You won’t be able to do so.

Therefore, one must be careful. Many people have given their lives, everything, for the sake of religion, so that they wouldn’t abandon their faith. Therefore, one must be careful about this. One must stay away from such things, one must not follow his ego. May Allāh ﷻ not separate us from this way. May we not be disgraced us in the presence of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. May we not be disgraced in the presence of the Mashāyikh. Do not give up your hereafter and being on this way for worldly gain.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 25 August 2026/ 12 Rabih Al-Awwal 1448 Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul