Beware of Enmity Between Brothers

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm

“إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَ أَخَوَيْكُمْ”

(Qur’ān 49:10)

“Innama l-mu’minūna ikhwa fa-‘aslihu bayna akhawaykum”

“The believers are but brothers, so make settlement between your brothers.”

Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says that the believers are brothers. Don’t cause trouble between brothers, He ﷻ says. Reconcile between brothers.

Because Islām is not for the ego. It has to be for the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ. One must surrender the ḥaqq (truth) and follow that way. Shayṭān and those who follow him don’t want the unity of Islām. They don’t want Muslims to be one. They don’t want them to support each other. They constantly cause fitnah to cause divisions between them.

Therefore, those who follow that way have their principles and adāb (etiquette) towards others. When following the right way, you must not oppose them or go against them. If you don’t like it, there is another way. But even if you will enter another way, when being on the same way of Allāh ﷻ, it is not good to be an enemy to your brother, to be hostile. It is what Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla does not like. It is what our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu alayhi wa sallam does not like. Fitnah, chaos, fighting, enmity and so are all forbidden. A believer cannot remain angry with another believer for more than three days says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu alayhi wa sallam.

People who are on the way of Allāh ﷻ already have enemies. There are many who want to finish you. There are many who want to end this way. Don’t give them a chance, says Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Even if it is hard on your ego, as we said, if it is hard, stay away from there. But when you stay away, you mustn’t attack, you mustn’t do evil. You make Salām, they make Salām. Quarrel, fighting, etc. is neither the order of our Holy ‎Prophet ﷺ, nor the order of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Their order is the exact opposite. Make amends among yourselves. Do not torment one another. Support one another, He ﷻ says.

Because what the shayṭān wants the most is for Muslims to be enemies to each other. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May we not follow our egos. The ego is the same. Unless it is corrected, it will always want to do evil. If you correct it, it will become good. May Allāh ﷻ protect us all. Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Surahs, Yasin, Tabarakah, Tasbihat, Tahlilat, Salawat, and whatever goodness there is, we gift them firstly to our Holy Prophet ﷺ, his ﷺ Ahlu l-Bayt and ṣaḥābah, souls of all Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya and Mashayikh, to the souls of all late Muslims and Mu’mins, to the souls of our passed ones, to the souls of our Mashāyikh, Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim and Hajjah Anne, to the souls of all our ancestors, to the souls of all Mu’mins and Muslims. May whatever goals those who recited have be reached. For happiness here and hereafter. For strength of īmān, in shā’a Llāh. To be united, in shā’a Llāh.

Al-Fatiha.

• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 

7 March 2025/ 7 Ramadhan 1446

Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul