How to End the Vicious Cycle of Greed

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.

Mankind has a lot of bad attributes. And the worst attribute is greed. People of old times were greedy too. Everyone had greed. But people nowadays have much more greed. It is called consumer society now. They have injected this to people during the last century. Whatever you give, they are not full. Whatever you give, they are not full. Whatever you give or the government gives from this and that, they ask for more. They are not content, whereas contentment makes people full. People without contentment may consume the whole world, they will still be not full.

This world cheats them. The government gives money to people, as they ask for money. After a while it becomes insufficient, and they ask for more and more. Why? Because it is a vicious cycle. You increase something from one side, and everything is aggravated from the other side. Everything goes up. If everyone is content and pleased, life will go smoothly and nicely. But there is no contentment. And without contentment, nothing can make people full. Mankind is like this.

In the time of Sayyidina Nuh ‘alayhi s-salam, he was building the ark. And he was bringing the timber from everywhere. There was a nation of gigantic people back then. They were destroyed and only few of them remained. There was one of them whom people could not feed. When bread was out of the oven, he was eating but not feeling full. Nuh ‘alayhi s-salam told him, “If you bring me timber, I will make you full”. He said ok and brought timber enough for two arks. Nuh ‘alayhi s-salam gave him three big loaves of bread. He said, “Eat them with BismiLlah”. He said, “I won’t do that. I won’t say BismiLlah”. “Eat, you will be full with BismiLlah”. He said, “I won’t say it”. “What will you not say?” He said, “I won’t say BismiLlahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim”. Nuh ‘alayhi ssalam said, “Eat it now”. He said it without realizing. When he ate the three loaves, he was full. He even ate the second and the third with difficulty. He said, “I am full. You cast a spell on me”. He got angry and took away the timber. But with what remained of it, Nuh ‘alayhi s-salam built the ark.

This is like this. Even a giant man feels full and content when he says BismiLlah, when he says the Name of Allah ﷻ. But people of the present time have forgotten Allah ﷻ. They have indulged in Dunya and their desires as they like. How can they be full? There is neither contentment nor Iman anymore. May Allah ﷻ help us. Everyone, even them, is experiencing the same thing. May Allah ﷻ help us. May Allah ﷻ protect us. What can we say? May Allah ﷻ give Barakah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Yasin, Salawat, Dalail al-Khayrat. We gift all of them firstly to our Holy Prophet ﷺ, his ﷺ Ahlu l-Bayt and Sahabah, the souls of all Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya and Mashayikh, souls of our late relatives. For goodness to come and evil to be gone, for Barakah. May we have strength of Iman. May Allah ﷻ give Iman to people. May He ﷻ give us true strong Iman insha’Allah. May we be happy here and hereafter.

Li-Llahi Ta’ala l-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 29 December 2023/ 16 Jumada al-Thani 1445 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah