Someone asked Hasan al-Basri (ra) to describe the reality of the WORLD to him. He let out an anxious sigh and said:

" I will describe to you an issue whose reality is nothing but difficulty and hardship;

Whose end result is nothing but ruin and destruction;

The halaal earnings therein will be taken stern account of;

The haraam earnings of which will be a source of punishment and sorrow;

Whoever is wealthy and affluent therein is always faced with trials and tribulations;

And whoever is poor is faced sorrow and deprivation.

This is the reality of the world "

Dunya ke e Musafir of Ml Muhammad Ishaq Multani, Page 85