THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum Ath-thalaatha. 19th day of Shaw'waal, 1444AH (Tuesday, 9th May, 2023).
*_DUNYA(THIS EARTH) AS A PATHWAY TO PARADISE OR HELL_*. BismilLah.
The Messenger of ALLAH (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “What have I to do with this world?, I am like a rider who rests under the shade of a tree, and then continues his journey and leaves it.” [Tirmidhi; Kitab az-Zuhud].
This is what the Messenger of ALLAH (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said in response when Umar (radi Allahu anhu) expressed his dismay on seeing the marks left on the Prophet’s skin from not having a decent mattress to sleep on! It is not that the Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) did not let his need be known; rather, he didn’t consider it to be a need at all! What need does a rider have of a mattress if he is only resting for a short while under the shade of a tree? Today, we make our mattreresses stop us from tahajjud. Some even misses fajir salaat.
Life is nothing other than a road that leads to the Garden or to the Fire. Its nights are a man’s workshop, and its days are his marketplace. ALLAH (subhana wa ta’ala) says: “Know that the life of this world is only playing about and idle talk and showing off and boasting amongst yourselves, and competing in wealth and children. It is like a crop after rain whose growth pleases the farmer, but then it dries up, and you see it turn yellow, and then it becomes straw.” [Quran: Surah al-Hadeed, Ayat 20]. This doesn't mean we shouldn't sleep on mattresses or enjoy dunya, but it means be thankful to ALLAH for whatever you have the halaal way and make going to Paradise your priority through good deeds and obedience to ALLAH and HIS Messenger.
*_May ALLAH protects us from the pleasures of this world, which can take us from His commands_*. Aameen.
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