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In What Way Is This World Disapproved Of?
“The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) happened to walk through the market place. Some people were gathered on either side of him. There he came across a dead goat with very short ears, of which he took hold, saying, ‘Who among you would like to have this for a dirham?’ They said, ‘We would not even like to have it for nothing, for it is of no use to us.’ He said, ‘Would you like to have it for free?’ They said, ‘By Allah! Not even if it were alive, because its ears are so short; and now it is also dead.’ Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, ‘By Allah, this world is more insignificant in the sight of Allah than this is in your eyes.’” [Muslim; Kitab az-Zuhud]
The disapproval of this world that appears in the Quran and Hadith is not directed at its time aspect or space aspect: All these are Allah’s blessings for His servants, so that they can make use of them, and contemplate them and thereby recognize the Oneness and Greatness of their Maker, Exalted is He.
Yahya ibn Muadh said: “How can I not love this world in which I have been blessed with sustenance that gives me life, when I use this life for worship by means of which I can earn the reward of the Garden?”
The disapproval of this world is directed at the actions of the sons of Adam in this world, most of which do not have any good consequences.
Abu Safwan ar-Ra’ini was once asked, “What is the life of this world which is criticized in the Quran, and which those who are prudent should avoid?” He replied, “Everything that you do in this world with the intention of making a profit in this world is blameworthy, and everything that you do in order to profit in the next world has nothing to do with this world.”
Al-Hasan said, “How sweet and good the life of this world is for the mumin – for without having to make too much effort, he takes his provision from it for the Garden; and how awful the life of this world is for the kafir and the munafiq – for they waste their nights and they take their provision from it for the Fire!”
[The Purification of the Soul, Compiled from the works of Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya, and Abu Hamid al-Ghazali; Al-Firdous Ltd, London]
“The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) happened to walk through the market place. Some people were gathered on either side of him. There he came across a dead goat with very short ears, of which he took hold, saying, ‘Who among you would like to have this for a dirham?’ They said, ‘We would not even like to have it for nothing, for it is of no use to us.’ He said, ‘Would you like to have it for free?’ They said, ‘By Allah! Not even if it were alive, because its ears are so short; and now it is also dead.’ Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, ‘By Allah, this world is more insignificant in the sight of Allah than this is in your eyes.’” [Muslim; Kitab az-Zuhud]
The disapproval of this world that appears in the Quran and Hadith is not directed at its time aspect or space aspect: All these are Allah’s blessings for His servants, so that they can make use of them, and contemplate them and thereby recognize the Oneness and Greatness of their Maker, Exalted is He.
Yahya ibn Muadh said: “How can I not love this world in which I have been blessed with sustenance that gives me life, when I use this life for worship by means of which I can earn the reward of the Garden?”
The disapproval of this world is directed at the actions of the sons of Adam in this world, most of which do not have any good consequences.
Abu Safwan ar-Ra’ini was once asked, “What is the life of this world which is criticized in the Quran, and which those who are prudent should avoid?” He replied, “Everything that you do in this world with the intention of making a profit in this world is blameworthy, and everything that you do in order to profit in the next world has nothing to do with this world.”
Al-Hasan said, “How sweet and good the life of this world is for the mumin – for without having to make too much effort, he takes his provision from it for the Garden; and how awful the life of this world is for the kafir and the munafiq – for they waste their nights and they take their provision from it for the Fire!”
[The Purification of the Soul, Compiled from the works of Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya, and Abu Hamid al-Ghazali; Al-Firdous Ltd, London]