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midst of those who are lonely, who have no one to con-
fide in and who are not close to one another.”
“You are close to reaching the realm of the dead and to
staying there as hostages for what you have done. A grave
will cover you as well . . . Do not become one of those who
hope for the Hereafter without working for it, who chase
after lengthy ambitions while postponing repentance,
who speak like the ones who do not love this world, yet
who act and work like those who do love this world, who
are not satisfied with what has been given to them and
who complain when they are not given any.”
The Messenger of Allah (saas) explained in no uncertain
terms:
“Renunciation of the worldly things does not lie in making
lawful things unlawful and in squandering the property,
but the lowness of the world is this that (the property) you
have in your possession is not more reliable for you than
that which is in Allah’s Hands and that you should be
more pleased with the reward of the calamity, when it
befalls you, than that it does not befall and is left for
you.” (Sunan Ibn Majah, 4100)
“He who is concerned with the world, Allah will disorgan-
ize his affair for him and will make his poverty between
two eyes (i.e. every one will hold him mean and destitute),
and whose intention is focused at the Hereafter Allah will
settle the state of his affairs for him and will ingrain rich-
ness in his heart.” (Sunan Ibn Majah, 4105; at-Tabarani,
al-Bayhaqi)
“A person whose chief aim and ambition will be the seek-
ing of the Hereafter, through his effort and exertion,
Allah will grant him contentment to his heart and remove

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