It’s Dangerous Without a Murshid

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm

وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الصِّدِّيقُونَ ۖ وَالشُّهَدَاءُ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ وَنُورُهُمْ

(Qur’an 57:19)

“Wa Al-Ladhīna ‘Āmanū Billāhi Wa Rusulihi~ ‘Ūlā’ika HumuAş-Şiddīqūna ۖ Wa Ash-Shuhadā’u `Inda Rabbihim Lahum ‘AjruhumWa Nūruhum”

“And those who have believed in Allah and His messengers – those are [in the ranks of] the supporters of truth and the martyrs, with their Lord. For them is their reward and their light.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.

Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is praising the believers. They have the best, highest rank in the Divine Presence of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. It’s important for everybody to be like this, a praised one in the Divine Presence of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and for Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.

How can we be like this? By following Awliyā’u Llāh. They take you to this high maqām. Because without them, anybody cannot reach this high maqām; it’s very rare. But they also have a teacher for them. They have a Murshid, which we call Uwaysī. Sayyidina Al-Khidr ‘alayhi s-salām is teaching them.

Without a Murshid, without a teacher, you cannot follow somebody. Who doesn’t follow this, his Murshid is shayṭān. He maybe thought he’s doing very well, doing everything, but at one point, all this will go away and he will be in the end without īmān, without belief. This is a very dangerous thing. To go by yourself to a dangerous place, any time your feet can slip and you will fall down.

For this, don’t be without a Murshid. You only hang your hand on them and this is enough to save you. But if you want your ego to be big, don’t follow these people, go do whatever you like. In the end, you will be down. Nobody will save you. You will only be with shayṭān. Because it’s very easy for shayṭān to take you away from the right way to what he wants.

‘إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِندَ اللَّهِ الْإِسْلَامُ’, ‘Inna d-Dīna inda Allāhi l-Islām’, ‘Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam.’ (Qur’ān 03:19). The religion for Allāh ﷻ is Islām. Who is going out of this way of Islām, “لا يُقبل منه”, Allāh ﷻ doesn’t accept from him. Allāh ﷻ says in Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n, what you do outside of this way, you will be following your ego and it is dangerous. In the end, it will be very bad for who follows his ego.

So, may Allāh ﷻ keep us in His ﷻ way, way of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, way of Awliyā’, the way of nūr, of Light. May Allāh ﷻ fill of our hearts with this love, in shā’a Llāh, with nūr, with this nūr, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.

Al-Fatiha.

•⁠ ⁠Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق

27 January 2026/ 08 Sha’ban 1447

Fajr Prayer – Sheikh Nazim Dergah; London, UK

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