The Barakah of ‘Ashura

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm

Sohbah on 16th August 2021 by Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil Ar Rabbaniق

Insha’Allah there is the day of ‘Ashura on the 10th of Muharram. We have approached it. Insha’Allah it is a special and holy day in the sight of Allah ﷻ. It is precious. We are given it as a gift.

Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla increased the ranks of Prophets on this day, increased the ranks of Awliya’ and ordained the greatest Shaheeds on this day. It is a holy day. May Allah ﷻ give us from its Barakah.

The whole world is in both apparent and hidden distress these days. But this distress is nothing.

No matter how much hardship there is, eventually there will be relief. Without hardship, relief won’t come.

Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla said there should be hardship first, and then comes relief.

BismiLlahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim:

‘(6) إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا (5)فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا ’

‘For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease (5) Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease (6).’ (Qur’ān 94:05-06). He repeats it two times.

Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla says that there will be hardship and then relief. This is for Muslims and good people. And the opposite is for people who are not good. There is relief first, and then hardship. They think that they live in comfort and control the world, and then they lose everything instantly.

Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla destroys and sweeps all their buildings of evil away. They are unfortunate people. Fortunate people get benefit from these days. They spend these holy days for the pleasure of Allah ﷻ.

As our Holy Prophet ﷺ said, we should fast on this day.

We should fast not only on the day of ‘Ashura, but either on the 9th and 10th, or 10th and 11th or all three days from the 9th till 11th of Muharram. It will be more virtuous.

Whoever gives Sadaqah and brings home more provision will have a blessed year with permission of Allah ﷻ. Whoever gives Sadaqah will be under protection.

There are too many disasters these days, and its remedy is Sadaqah.

You should give Sadaqah every day.

When our Holy Prophet ﷺ was not able to give Sadaqah… There is no such poor person who cannot afford to give Sadaqah. Even if they give 0.50 or 1 TL, it will be counted as Sadaqah.

Who cannot even give that, our Holy Prophet ﷺ said to pray two Rakaʿāt Duha prayer. This prayer is equal to Sadaqah for your 360 organs.

Hold onto the way shown by Islam, shown by Shari’ah and Tariqah. There are completely useless things now. They are shown as worship to people, whereas they are not related to Islam at all.

If you want to train your ego, you should control it. You cannot train your ego by beating and torturing yourself. It is nothing but torture. To train your ego is different. You must control your ego, you must perform your worship and not harm anyone. This is the training of the ego. Otherwise, you harm yourself and you harm others. You don’t attain any Thawab. You attain nothing but sins.

May Allah ﷻ not separate us from the right way. May Allah ﷻ not let us be misled.

There are many misled people who are shown things as Islam that has nothing to do with Islam. The religion of Islam is the religion of mercy. It is the religion of beauty. This day is the day of approaching to Allah ﷻ.

May we not miss this chance. May Allah ﷻ give us all from its Barakah. May the Barakah of Muharram be upon us insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Al-Fatiha.

• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق

16th August 2021 / 08 Muharram 1443 AH

Lefke Dergah, Cyprus

To learn more about the month of Muharram and the day of Ashura, please click here.