Greed and Contentment

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 Shaykh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Shaykh Muḥammad Nāẓim al- Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

Greed is from the characteristics which are not good. Greed makes people restless. A person with greed is never at rest, because he is not content with anything. Whatever you give, he asks for more. He wants to take more. And the worst part is that he doesn’t care about Halal and Haram after that. Greed is a very bad characteristic of people. It makes them unhappy. It makes their lives bad, and their Akhirah will be bad as well.

Contentment is a great virtue and a great favor for people from Allah ﷻ. It is said, , Contentment is an endless treasure. And greed is the opposite of it. In order to reach happiness, to be happy in Dunya and to gain your Akhirah, you should be content. A content person is satisfied with everything and accepts it. He is happy with the small things. He is pleased with the things that Allah ﷻ gives and says “How great it is that Allah ﷻ gives us these favors”. He is pleased when He ﷻ gives more and is pleased when He ﷻ gives less. He says that it is a favor from Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla and makes Shukr and praises Him ﷻ. They are people who make Shukr and praise Allah ﷻ for everything.

People have nothing as contentment anymore. In the end of this world, the latest times of this world, they encourage people to be greedier, to be more shameless and to follow their egos more. They show greed as good, whereas it is the worst thing and the most mischievous characteristic. People should work and do for the pleasure of Allah ﷻ. Whatever Allah ﷻ gives, they should be content with it.

The wisdom of Allah ﷻ is that Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla created everything as beautiful. People who do goodness are pleased and happy in Dunya and they are in gain in Akhirah as well. People who don’t do so think that they are in gain in this world, whereas they are unhappy in this world; they are never content. And they will be questioned for it in Akhirah. May Allah ﷻ protect us from this bad characteristics of the ego. May Allah ﷻ let us train it. The ego needs training. May Allah ﷻ help us insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 13 June 2022/ 14 Dhu l-Qiʻdah 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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