Thank Allah ﷻ Repeatedly

A‘ūdhu Billāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. Bismillāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm.

AlhamduliLlah, we meet again. Our intention is to be a servant for Allāh ﷻ, for Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, for Islam. AlhamduliLlah we are in the month of the birth of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, Shahru l-Mawlid, RabihAl-Awwal. This is also a very blessed month. Whoever loves Prophet ﷺ, respects him ﷺ and praises ﷺ, fulfills the order of Allāh ﷻ and Allāh ﷻ loves him.

Everywhere in this world – there’s no difference between nations, or between colours (races), or between language – who praises Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, Allāh ﷻ loves him. It is Allāh’s ﷻ will, He ﷻ knows; we cannot say anything. But we are happy we are chosen to be among these people who praise Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. 

AlhamduliLlah, there is Masha’Allah this mosque – may Allāh ﷻ raise these people, Bosnian people. He ﷻ made them from among all this area to be Muslim. There are no Muslims, we cannot see. Allāh ﷻ chose them to be Muslims from all this area. Other people are not chosen; still in the same place, they are not praising and not believing. They don’t have belief. But this is not good for them. For this, who has this [Iman], must thank Allāh ﷻ every day: Shukran li-Llah, Shukran li-Llah. He must say this all the time; repeating this. And for everything that happens: Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, nothing happens for the Muslim, for the believer without reward and without reason.

People in many places, even in our country, had forgot everything, forgot Islam, forgot everything about Islam. Allāh ﷻ sent something, and AlhamduliLlah Muslims came back. Everywhere is like this. So don’t be sorry for what happened. It happened and ended. There’s no need to be sorry. But if you are in the right way, you must be happy and thankful for Allāh ﷻ.

We are living in a difficult time, but this is the will of Allāh ﷻ. Those who are suffering like this, if they believe in Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and love Prophet ﷺ, love his ﷺ four Khalifahs, his ﷺ family, his ﷺ Sahabah, then they are in the right way.

They must thank Allāh ﷻ. And this is what Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “The Mu’min must love what I ﷺ love. And if I ﷺ don’t love something, also he must not love or like him.” This is our scale; [the scale] of the real believer and real people who are following Tariqah. You find people who you thought are real believers, but they are not happy with the Sahabah, not happy with the Khalifah of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. You find some other ones who don’t like the family of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, not respecting Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. They see him ﷺ as an ordinary person. These are outside of the “Real believer” and they are in the wrong way. Maybe you see them doing everything. You think they are doing for Islam, but they are not, at all. Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam described these people. He ﷺ said,, these people know the Qur’an by heart, they know Hadith by heart, but the Qur’an doesn’t go down here [Mawlana signs to the heart], it just reaches to their mouth, it’s on their tongue only. And they will run away from Islam and Iman as the arrow leaves the bow. Because Islam needs Iman. Iman is what holds it. And you can only find Iman in those whom we described: Ahlu s-Sunnah wal Jama’ah and especially people of Tariqah.

For this, we are warning people because these days are dangerous days.

Maybe people thought some people are right. They do something, they harm themselves without any benefit or reward from Allāh ﷻ. They harm themselves and harm others also; without any benefit. And they have no reward from Allāh ﷻ, because they do what they do for their benefit. They even destroy everything, but if their benefit is there, they can do anything. The Mu’min, Muslim has mercy.

Because this is the attribute of Allāh ﷻ: Ar-Rahman, Ar-Rahim.

And [the attribute] of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam also: “ ٌبِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوف ٌ رَّح ِ يم”, 

“Bil-Mu’uminīna Ra’ūfun Raĥīmun”, “And to the believers is kind and merciful.”

(Qur’an 09:128).

For this, AlhamduliLlah we are thanking Allāh ﷻ to make us in his ﷺ way.

This way is AlhamduliLlah coming pure by miracle of Allāh ﷻ and continuing until Qiyamah. May Allāh ﷻ keep us in this way and help Islam. And send the real one to help us, Sayyidina Al-Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam insha’Allah. To make the whole world purely Islam insha’Allah. With Islam, there will be no fear, no oppression, no depression, nothing. Every good thing comes with Islam: Barakah, mercy, happiness; all of this is coming insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani

25 September 2024/ 22 Rabih al-Awwal 1446

Isha Prayer – Hannover, Germany