Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Today, we commemorate the passing of an honourable, senior mureed who in his lifetime served with dedication and true love, three Naqshbandi Grandshyakhs on the Golden Chain. Through his unwavering service to his Masyaikh, Shaykh Adnan Kabbani reached Sainthood and Servanthood to Allahﷻ.

In a Sahih Hadith, Holy Prophetﷺ said:

“Prior to the Last Hour, there would be a time when knowledge would be taken away, and ignorance would take its place and there would be bloodshed on a large scale.”
- Sahih Muslim Book 34, Number 6454

As we go deeper into the darkness of this Second Age of Ignorance, we witness the manifestation of this hadith.

Most of the holy Friends of Allahﷻ are passing on to the next life, taking with them the great Knowledge Ocean they bear, an essential spiritual resource from the endless Oceans of Divine Knowledge. These blessed Saints are slowly being taken by Allah Almighty from the foolish people of these end times, who uphold satanic freedom and godlessness. Living in a flood similar to that of the time of Prophet Nuh Alayhi Salam, this second torrent is one of fire, representing the rampant evil everywhere.

By nature, people are drawn towards the sea and when cut off from these spiritual oceans, mankind will perish in the blazing fire of evil surrounding them.

Hence, those taking the hand of a Guiding Saint in Tariqah, are fortunate ones, embarking on an Ark of Salvation amidst the flood of fire.

People are either following the Holy Prophetﷺ on the Ark of hisﷺ appointed inheritors, or they are being led into the unscrupulous ways of shaytan.

The AwliyaAllah elucidate the Ways of our Prophetﷺ as they have themselves reached to be, as the Prophetﷺ was, a Walking Quran. Heﷺ was ‘khuluqin azeem’, the perfection of moral character and no one can learn immaculate mannerisms just by reading the Quran.

The embodiment of Allah’sﷻ Holy Book was His Belovedﷺ and today, hisﷺ inheritors, the Saints, exemplify through their attributes, character and manners with people, how to become a Living Quran.

Shaykh Adnan through his humility, forbearance and intense love for his Guide, taught aspiring mureeds to keep their focus on Servanthood to Allahﷻ, the foundations of the Naqshbandi Way. He would say, “ask to have every action be upon the intention of your Master and to give the reward of any deed to the safekeeping of RasulAllahﷺ, till the Day of Judgement.”

اِلَهِى اَنْتَ مَقْصُوْدِيْ وَرِضَاكَ مَطْلُوْبِيْ
Ilahi anta maqshudi wa ridhoka mathlubi, ‘Oh my Lord, You are my purpose/destination. And Your Pleasure is what I seek.’

"I wish to please You, until I reach You, oh My Lord."

This is the foundation of Tariqah and the aim of sincere mureeds. Shaykh Adnan reached to this honourable place and showed how one can also reach to Allahﷻ when one builds the spiritual journey upon obedience to one’s Guide, disobedience to the egoistic-self, fervently praying for sincerity in worship and being truly interested to learn and share the knowledge one acquires from oceans of sohbah dispensed by being with a Guide.

May Allahﷻ make us to be sincere mureeds seeking and preparing for eternal life with Allahﷻ, holding on to the firm handhold of our Walking Quran, our Guide, until we reach to Servanthood.