Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim
HUMANHOOD IS ONLY BY SERVANTHOOD
Shukr to Allah ﷻ for the favors He ﷻ gives. No matter how much Shukr we make, it is insufficient. Allah ﷻ let us live with Iman. May Allah ﷻ protect us. People attain humanhood only through being in servanthood to Allah ﷻ. Otherwise, the more they are estranged from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, the more they are estranged from their humanhood. Whatever they do, it will be useless. It will be nothing but loss. They say it is disgraceful. It becomes something like this. People who are estranged from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla fall in such condition.
The more worship we perform to Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, the more beneficial it is for us. We get closer to Allah ﷻ. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “التَقَرُّبْ إلَيَّ بالنَّوافِلِ” [Hadith Qudsi]. Perform your worship, Fard and so on. And in order to become even closer, perform Nafl worship, especially the Sunnah of the prayers. Make more Sunnah like Duha prayer, Ishraq prayer and two additional Rak’aat after Fard of Dhuhr prayer. Normally, it is two Rak’aat Sunnah. But making it four Rak’aat is more virtuous. And the same after Isha prayer. Praying four Rak’aat in last Sunnah has a lot of virtue. Of course, you can pray two Rak’aat. But with four Rak’aat; in order to get closer to Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, we have to appreciate every chance. We should not miss it, because if you miss it once, you cannot catch it anymore. Therefore, as soon as you have a chance, use it.
Many brothers want to make Ziyarah these days. Visiting Awliya’, making ‘Umrah and visiting our Holy Prophet ﷺ make our sins be forgiven and cleanse our sins. Of course, a prayer performed in Makkah in front of the Ka’bah is multiplied by 100,000. Every good deed, worship, Sadaqah, everything done is multiplied by 100,000. It has such a high virtue. Therefore, those who go there should not stay and pray in hotels, especially the Fard prayers. The rest shouldn’t be prayed in hotels either. Prayers performed at Ka’bah or in the mosque of our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam have the virtue of 1,000 prayers. Everything done is rewarded 1,000 fold. Therefore, they shouldn’t miss their chance as much as they can. As we said, those who miss their chance will hardly catch it again. Therefore, as long as there is a chance, do all kinds of goodness. Do everything, but do not be lazy.
Sometimes some people go to extremes. No need to do that. You will have Waswasa then. For weak people, there are some things that are better than Nafl worship. What are they? For people to look after their families and Rizq; for ladies to look after their household, to look after their husbands, to look after their children. Whatever needs they have, if ladies leave them and want to perform Nafl worship, their worship won’t be accepted. And as they didn’t look after the household and didn’t carry out their duty, they may be accounted for that. May Allah ﷻ protect us.
We have to balance everything. Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “خَيْرُ الْأُمُورِ الْوَسَط”, “Khayru l-‘Umoori l-Wasat”, “The middle of everything is best.” You must go in the middle in everything. Because going to extremes is like Sayyidina ‘Ali said, “عَلَامَاتُ الْجُنُونِ إِمَّا إفْرَاط وَإِمَّا تَفْرِيط”, “A’lamaatu l-Junooni ‘Imma ‘Ifrat wa ‘Imma Tafreet”, “The signs of madness are either excess or negligence.” The sign of insanity is going too far; either overdoing, or not doing at all. May Allah ﷻ protect us. Allah ﷻ has given people as much as they can do. If they do more and then don’t do at all, that is worse. Therefore, keep in the middle. And may Allah ﷻ accept our worship and our deeds. InshaAllah may they be the means for goodness. May they be perpetual. Continuity is important. May Allah ﷻ make it perpetual insha’Allah. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.
Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani
19 December 2023/ 06 Jumada al-Thani 1445
Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah
Video link: https://youtu.be/l3XyTJBrKYA?si=MTYn39bC6s2gkn8A
Sufi Qalam 
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