From Umm ud-Darda (radiyallaahu ‘anhaa) who said: I said to Aboo
Dardaa (radiyallaahu ‘anhu):” Will you not seek for things to entertain
your guests just as others seek for things for their guests?” So he
replied:” I heard Allaah’s Messenger (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa’sallam)
say:”
“Ahead of you is a steep mountain which will not be
surmounted by those who are overburdened.” So I wish to lighten my load
for that ascent!
So the Muslim follows and applies divine guidance in all his affairs.
This world to him is merely a passage to the hereafter
and he has no attachment to it except for that which is essential in
order to meet his needs and preserve himself. But as for this world
diverting most of his attention and being the goal which he seeks after,
thinking that what he is doing is good, then this is not from the
character or characteristics of the Muslim.
So how strange is the case of the people who waste the prime
of their lives and expend their youth submerged in worldly actions,
thinking they are doing good.
Excerpt from the book: Forty Hadeeth On: The Islamic Personality by ‘Alî Hasan ‘Alî ‘Abdul Hamîd
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