Ṭarīqah People Must Beware of the Attacks

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm

To be from people of ṭarīqah is a gift given from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla to mankind. People enter ṭarīqah for the sake of Allāh ﷻ, and they also enter for the sake of our Holy ‎Prophet ﷺ. They have many enemies then. The biggest enemies are of course shayṭān, ego, desires. They attack those who enter ṭarīqah more. They strike them more. They are their main enemies.

Normal people are not attacked that much. Because they go their way anyway. They are as they want, they do as they want. So they are no longer needed. They are already bad friends, bad people. They are worse than the shayṭān. Because what the shayṭān cannot do, a bad person can do. People become like monsters. “وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ”, “Wa idha l-wuhūshu hushirat”, “And when the wild beasts are gathered.” (Qur’ān 81:05). The beasts are gathered, He ﷻ says.

We are in the end of times. Indeed, it is like that. Their way is the way of shayṭān. What does the shayṭān want? Does he want good? He never wants good. He wants evil for them to be bad. He wants all people to be bad. That’s why, he attacks the people of ṭarīqah more.

Therefore, the people of ṭarīqah must be careful. People of ṭarīqah ask, “What should we do?” They think that if they join ṭarīqah they will rise. Some people ask, “What is my rank?” There is no rank. You are at war with the enemy. To win it is enough for you. “How many ranks did I attain?” Sometimes there are fraudulent ṭarīqah members who have nothing to do with ṭarīqah. They deceive people by saying they are from ṭarīqah. They tell them, “Your rank is this and that much.” When they do so, they take advantage of them.

As we said, ṭarīqah people should be careful. When you enter ṭarīqah, you are entering for the sake of Allāh ﷻ, to follow the way of our Holy ‎Prophet ﷺ. Don’t think about anything else. What is ṭarīqah? Ṭarīqah is to do all the commands of Islām, as much as you can. “How far have I gone? How much of my ego has gone? How much of my ego is left?” there is no need to think like that.

You are in a constant fight with your ego. You are in Jihad, you are at war with your ego. Therefore, do not say, “I will reward my ego.” The moment you say “I have won,” you will have been defeated by your ego, you will have been defeated by shayṭān. Therefore, ṭarīqah is praying the five prayers, fasting, giving zakāt and going to ḥajj. These are what ṭarīqah is. The more sunnahs you can do, if you can do good deeds, you can do so. But this is the main thing. Anything more than that is a gift from Allāh ﷻ.

Some people think, “Once I enter ṭarīqah, I’ll do very much.” Then, they can’t do them so they stop in the middle of the way. Ṭarīqah is: “أَجَلُّ الْكَرَامَاتِ دَوَامُ التَّوْفِيقِ”, “Ajallu l-karāmāt dawāmu t-tawfīq”. The biggest karāmāh of all is to be consistent. Continue on that way and don’t look here and there. Don’t look at how much your ego has become, how much is left of it, how much it has increased.

Rely on Allāh ﷻ and continue on this way. Otherwise, shayṭān enters your head and makes waswasa. He either makes waswasa or deceives you telling you you’ve become very great. And the deeds you’ve done go in vain. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. This is the principle of ṭarīqah. May we continue upon it, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.

Al-Fatiha.

• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق

17 April 2025/ 19 Shawwal 1446

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