True Happiness

As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuh.

Aʿūdhu billāhi min ash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. Bismillāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Aṣ-ṣalātu wa s-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-awwalīna wa l-ākhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi Rasūlillāh, madad yā Mashāyikhinā, dastūr yā Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistānī, Shaykh Muḥammad Nāẓim al-Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-ṣuḥbah wa l-khayru fi l-jamʿiyyah.

Our Prophet ṣallAllahu ʿalayhi wa-sallam says in ḥadīth sharīf, إِدْخَالُ السُّرُورِ في قَلْبِ الْمُؤْمِنِ “Idkhālu s-surūr fi qalbi l-Mu’min” “Bringing joy to the heart of the believer.”

Bringing joy to the heart of a believer is one of the most beloved deeds to Allah. Shukr to Allah, this journey has brought joy, beauty, and happiness to both us and our brothers.

What kind of joy? Joy for the sake of Allah. They are seeking Allah’s pleasure. Therefore, Allah grants them peace and beauty in their hearts. This cannot be found in anything else. Joy for other worldly things does not enter the heart. What enters the heart is the love of Allah ʿAzza wa Jalla and the love of our Prophet ṣallAllahu ʿalayhi wa-sallam.

Other love and happiness is something that appeals to the ego. That is not acceptable; it is false. What gives peace to the heart is the love of our Prophet ṣallAllahu ʿalayhi wa-sallam and the righteous. That is what gives true happiness to a person’s heart.

Inshā’Allah, this was a journey done for the sake of Allah. It brought peace to our hearts, and may it bring peace to their hearts, inshā’Allah.

May Allah be pleased with all our brothers, they showed us hospitality. They were together and with us as much as they could. May Allah reward them. May we all have happiness in this world and the hereafter, inshā’Allah.

Wa min Allahi t-Tawfīq.

Al-Fātiḥa.