The Group on the Way of Truth

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm

Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, there is a group from my ﷺ ummah that are upon the truth. This group – what we mean by group is Jamā’ah, community. He ﷺ says, their way is my ﷺ way. It is the way of truth. That way of truth goes until the Day of Judgment.

The true way, shukr to Allāh ﷻ, is the way of ṭarīqahs. Other things that are not ṭarīqahs: many, thousands appeared and thousands disappeared. Each one of them is not from the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. They continued on a way that suited them.

They are all finished, but one comes up in other’s place then finishes. And then another one finishes. They are going on in the same way. But of course, they are not upon the same things. They have different things. Their goal is not the way shown by the Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam but the way they themselves and their egos want. They leave the right way going on the way their ego wants.

The way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam – Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm, “اجْتَنِبُوا كَثِيرًا مِّنَ الظَّنِّ إِنَّ بَعْضَ الظَّنِّ إِثْمٌ ۖ وَلَا تَجَسَّسُوا”, “Ajtanibū Kathīrāan Mina Až-Žanni ‘Inna Ba`đa Až-Žanni ‘Ithmun ۖ Wa Lā Tajassasū”,“Avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin. And do not spy.” (Qur’ān 49:12).

Do not make “Su’u z-Zann”, “Bad assumptions”, says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. He ﷺ says, stay away from Su’u z-Zann. After that, he ﷺ says, don’t spy too. What happens when you don’t do that? You will have fulfilled our Prophet’s ﷺ order.

Now we are in the days of ‘Āshūrā’. We are approaching the day of ‘Āshūrā’ in Muḥarram. The day of ‘Āshūrā’ is a day that our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam loved. He ﷺ said to value it and fast. Fast and perform worship. A few different advices and deeds were shown by our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Do them; that’s enough. Don’t pay much attention to other things. “What happened on this day and so.” They are assumptions to make people think of each other.

What’s important is the test. We must look at whether a person listens to the words of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu alayhi wa sallam or not. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, don’t make Su’u z-Zann. Mind your own business.

The other things that happened, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will judge them. He ﷻ is the one who judges. Nothing is lost. The one who is lost is who is without peace and is weak in īmān. If he loses the test, he becomes lost. May Allāh ﷻ protect us.

The way of Islām is a difficult way to hold into. You definitely have to be on the right way. Otherwise, if you leave that way from one side, you surely won’t win from every side. You can’t win anything. While trying to hold this side, it slips away from the other side.

But if you are on the right way, if you are straight on the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, have no fear, safety is yours. Your end is safety. Because you will be in the company of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. You will be in the company of those on the right way. You will be from the group that is on the right way. They are the winners. They are also guidance for others. No matter how many people go astray, eventually, they will be saved by their barakah.

So the way of Islām, shukr to Allāh ﷻ, goes together with those who are on this way. That beautiful way is the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam. May Allāh ﷻ grant us all to stay on this way. Otherwise, as we said, if you say, “Let’s go out of that way a little”, you can go out, but it’s not clear if you can enter it again.

Therefore, may Allāh ﷻ protect us. May we be on this right way, the way that our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam commended, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.

Al-Fatiha.

• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق

03 July 2025/ 08 Muharram 1447

Lefke, Cyprus

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