KEEP YOUR INTENTION PURE

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 

13 January 2023/ 20 Jumada al-Akhir 1444 

Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa RaḥmatuLlāhi wa Barakātuh.

A‘ūdhu BiLlāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. BismiLlāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm.

Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi RasūliLlāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Sheikh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Sheikh Muḥammad Nāẓim al- Ḥaqqānī. Madad.

 Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says: 

إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ

“Innama l-‘aa’malu bi n-niyyat”

 “Actions are but by intentions”. 

This is the first Hadith taught. It is according to his intention when a person makes Hijra. Whoever makes  Hijra for Allah جل جلاله and His جل جلاله messenger, makes Hijra for Allah جل جلاله says our Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. 

There were Muhajirs/immigrants who made Hijra from Makkah to Madinah. Whoever could make Hijra for the pleasure of Allah جل جلاله as it was the order of our Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم , did so. As it has always been, there were people around them who migrated for Dunya, or to marry a woman who had migrated before them. Their Hijra is for them. It is not for the pleasure of Allah جل جلاله, but for Dunya, for their personal interests. Allah جل جلاله gives rewards to people according to their intentions.

Therefore, the intention must be pure. Everything we do must be for the pleasure of Allah جل جلاله. Our intention must be to attain the pleasure of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla in whatever we do. Because the things you do will turn out to be useless. Even if you get rewarded, it will not be as great. Something done with pure intention for the pleasure of Allah جل جلاله is accepted by Allah جل جلاله and He جل جلاله gives its reward. Otherwise, if when we do something and our intention is for Allah جل جلاله, but while we are doing it, we forget about it and go another way. People are at loss then.

And when starting a job, people must start it for the pleasure of Allah جل جلاله. Whether it is a partnership or something else, if they work together with people, shaytan will later say, “You are doing a better job. You are so and so” and ruins their intention. When the intention is ruined, the work is also ruined most of the time. The intention goes bad then; it is ruined. And then there is no good ending for whatever work was done. “I am doing this work. Why is it not ending well?” It means your intention was ruined. This is the most probable reason.

Therefore, you must keep your intention for the pleasure of Allah جل جلاله. If it works out, you are in profit. If it doesn’t work out, Allah جل جلاله will still reward you according to your intention. 

May Allah جل جلاله make our intentions pure.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Yasin, Surahs and Ayat, Tasbihat, Tahlilat and Salawat. May Allah جل جلاله accept them from those who have recited. 

We gift them firstly to our Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, his Ahlu l-Bayt and Sahabah, to the souls of all Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya and Mashayikh, to the souls of the Sahabah, the souls of Ahlu l-Bayt, and the souls of all of our late relatives. For goodness to come and evil to be gone.

 May Allah جل جلاله accept it.

Li-Llahi Ta’ala l-Fatiha.