We searched for Four things...

[Khalid Saifullah]

Faqeeh Abul Laith Samarqandi رحمه الله narrates that a sage once said to him;

"We searched for four things but we went astray in our quest for them.

1) We sought Ghinā (self satisfaction) in wealth, but we discovered that it consisted in contentment;

2) we expected to find ease and comfort in affluence, but we found that real ease and comfort lay in having few possessions;

3) we sought to achieve prestige and honour through the people (trying to please them for winning their favour and recognition), but we discovered that one can
command respect of people only through piety;

4) we sought the bounties of Allah Ta'ala, thinking wrongly that they consisted in delicacies of food and drink, but we discovered that the great bounties of Allah Ta'ala are two:
1) His guiding a person to embrace Islam, 2) His veiling the sins of His servants from the eyes of the people. (Those who have been granted these two blessings are the most highly favoured men of Allah Ta'ala)."

Sheikhul Hadith Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya Sahib رحمه الله quotes a Hadith to the following effect: "He who makes this world his ultimate aim in life, Allah Ta'ala afflicts him with three things:

1. An anxiety that has no end,
2. An occupation that leaves him no spare time,
3. A poverty which keeps him discontented forever."

(Tambeehul Ghāfileen)

L E S S O N S

1. The ultimate wealth is in contentment.
2. If Allah Ta'ala blesses one with wealth, but his heart is unaffected, he can be termed a true Zāhid (an ascetic).
3. A person who is consumed in the acquisition of wealth is in fact a poor person.

The yardstick is that we become independent of man and turn our focus into being contented with what Allah Ta'ala has destined for us.

Amongst the advices of the pious predecessors, they have advised that we make the Aakhirah our constant worry, make the attainment of the love of Allah Ta'ala the primary objective and be prepared to meet death at any time.

May Allah Ta'ala bless us with the true reality of our existence and grant us the tawfeeq to work towards the Aakhirah.

امين يارب العالمين

[strivingobserver98]

:jz:.

May Allah :swt: save us from excess love of wealth. Ameen.

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Ameen

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