“What Relationship Have I With The World…”

Rasulullah صلى الله عليه وسلم said “What relationship have I with the world? My similitude with the world is like a traveller with a tree under which he halts after a tiresome journey. He halts a while under the shade of the tree and then leaves it again to continue his journey.” (Tirmidhi 2377, Ibn Majah 4109)

Hadhrat Aishah (radiallahu anha) narrates that Rasulullah صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

الدُّنْ يَا دَا ر مَنْ لًَ دَارَ لَه ، وَمَا ل مَنْ لًَ مَالَ لَه ، وَلَُاَ يََْمَ ع مَنْ لًَ عَقْلَ لَه
“The world is the abode of a person who has no home; it is the wealth of the person who had no wealth. He who has no intelligence accumulates the wealth of the world (i.e., more than what is necessary).” (Ahmad 3709, Baihaqi, Shu’bal Imaan 10154)

Hadhrat Huzaifah (radiallahu anhu) narrates that he heard Rasulullah صلى الله عليه وسلم say in his Khutbah:
حبُّ ال دِينَارِ رَأْ س ك ل خَطِيئَةٍ
“The love of the world is the root of all evil.” (Jamal Fawaaid 7975, Baihaqi Shu’bal Imaan 10019)

Hadhrat Jaabir (radiallahu anhu) narrates that Rasulullah صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
وَهَذِهِ الدُّنْ يَا مرْتََِلَةٌ ذَاهِبَةٌ، وَهَذِهِ الْْخِرَة مرْتََِلَةٌ قَادِمَةٌ، وَلِ ك ل وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْ همَا بَ ن ونَ ، فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْت مْ أَنْ لًَ تَ كون وا مِنْ
بَنِِ الدُّنْ يَا فَافْ عَل وا، فَإِنَّ ك م الْيَ وْمَ فِِ دَارِ الْعَمَلِ وَلًَ حِسَابَ، وَأَنْ ت مْ غَدًا فِِ دَارِ الِِْسَابِ وَلًَ عَمَلَ
“This world is a continuous journey which recedes (further and further) while the Aakhirah is a continuous journey which approaches (nearer and nearer). Both (this world and the Aakhirah) have their sons. If you can, be not among the sons of the world. Today you are in the abode of practice (Daarul Amal) and there is no reckoning here. Reckoning will be for you in the Aakhirah and there will be no amal (practice).” (Baihaqi Shu’bal Imaan 10132)

Hayaatul Muslimeen