"And seek the (betterment of) the Ultimate Abode with what Allah has given to you, and do not neglect your share from this world, and do good (to others) as Allah did good to you, and do not seek to make mischief in the land. Surely Allah does not like the mischief-makers." Surah Al-Qasas 77.
Translation copied from the English translation of Ma'ariful Qur'an.
Hazrat said that these days a misconception which is commonly found even in well educated people is that, in this day and age, if someone wants to live their life according to the dictates of Sharia and laws of religion then they must give up the material world altogether, they must give up all worldly comforts, all worldly possessions, and that one can not live a life guided by our religion unless we give up everything that belongs to this world.
The truth is that Allah SWT and his Holy Prophet SAW have never asked us to give up the material world altogether. Rasool Allah SAW never said that we should stop working or earning, we should stop doing business, we should stop building houses, we should stop spending time with our family, or we should stop eating. There is not a single edict like that in the entire Sharia. However, it has been said that this world is not the end of our life, that this is not our ultimate goal. It is wrong to think that whatever efforts we make in this life should be exclusively focused on making this life better. What we have been told is that while living in this world and enjoying all its comforts, we should also continue to focus on the next part of the journey which is the life hereafter, and we should also do things in this life that would help make the next life comfortable for us too. While we engage fully in this life we should never forget that this life is temporary, and the next one would be ever lasting, and that whatever good or bad happens to us in that life, would be solely dependent on what we do in this life.
(Further details of this topic and the interpretation of the verse at the top will InshaAllah follow in the next post)
Adapted from the talk "Are all material possessions purely worldly?" by Mufti Taqi Usmani DB
Translation copied from the English translation of Ma'ariful Qur'an.
Hazrat said that these days a misconception which is commonly found even in well educated people is that, in this day and age, if someone wants to live their life according to the dictates of Sharia and laws of religion then they must give up the material world altogether, they must give up all worldly comforts, all worldly possessions, and that one can not live a life guided by our religion unless we give up everything that belongs to this world.
The truth is that Allah SWT and his Holy Prophet SAW have never asked us to give up the material world altogether. Rasool Allah SAW never said that we should stop working or earning, we should stop doing business, we should stop building houses, we should stop spending time with our family, or we should stop eating. There is not a single edict like that in the entire Sharia. However, it has been said that this world is not the end of our life, that this is not our ultimate goal. It is wrong to think that whatever efforts we make in this life should be exclusively focused on making this life better. What we have been told is that while living in this world and enjoying all its comforts, we should also continue to focus on the next part of the journey which is the life hereafter, and we should also do things in this life that would help make the next life comfortable for us too. While we engage fully in this life we should never forget that this life is temporary, and the next one would be ever lasting, and that whatever good or bad happens to us in that life, would be solely dependent on what we do in this life.
(Further details of this topic and the interpretation of the verse at the top will InshaAllah follow in the next post)
Adapted from the talk "Are all material possessions purely worldly?" by Mufti Taqi Usmani DB
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