HOW TO ACHIEVE ZUHD - ASCETICISM

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Tuesday 21 April 2026/3 Dhul'Qa'ada 1447 AH

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*HOW TO ACHIEVE ZUHD - ASCETICISM*

Rasulullah ﷺ said: “Whoever is concerned about the Hereafter, ALLAH will place richness in his heart, bring his affairs together, and the world will come to him although he is reluctant for it. Whoever is concerned about the world, ALLAH will place poverty between his eyes, disorder his affairs, and he will get nothing of the world but what is decreed for him.”
(At Tirmidhi)

Ayoob ‎عليه السلام was given great wealth, yet remained a devoted Prophet. Dawood and Sulaiman ‎عليهما السلام both were given kingdoms and power, the likes of which has never been given to anyone, yet they were humble and ascetic.

_Having wealth is not the problem. The problem arises when we aspire and pursue wealth, fame and material possessions. When we compare our lives to others and allow envy to enter our hearts, the love of dunya enters it and we no longer see it as a lowly place, rather it becomes attractive and consumes us._

During these odd nights try just 1 example of cutting back, that way you surely will be recorded as exercising Zuhud on lailatul Qadr, which is equivalent to 83+ years! What a great reward for your book of Deeds. Immeasurable rewards for the scales of Akhirah.

He who gives up desires sincerely for the sake of ALLAH will not find it difficult to give them up except at the beginning. This is for him to be tested: is he sincere in giving them up or not, so if he bears this hardship for a short period patiently, the hardship turns into pleasure. The greater the desire for the forbidden, the greater the soul is desirous to do it, and the more the reasons are there to commit it; then, the greater the reward is when abandoning it. The reward is proportional to the sacrifice made in order to give it up.

Some examples of the things to be left for the sake of ALLAH and which ALLAH will substitute them with something better. These are general things but each one of us is unique and Shaytaan uses different tactics to distract us. For you, it could be social media, going out, gaming, reading books, cooking/baking, chatting to people, your business, or your hobbies. Give up whatever distances you from ALLAH and HE will open doors from places you never imagined.

‎... وَمَن يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّـهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ ...

...And whosoever puts his trust in ALLAH, then HE will suffice him... [Qur'an, At-Talaq 65:3]

▫️. The one who gets rid of bad companions whom he thinks that in abandoning them he will attain ALLAH'S utmost intimacy and pleasure, ALLAH will reward him with righteous companions, with them he will find pleasure and benefits, and by keeping their companion and association he will gain the best of this worldly life and the Hereafter.

▫️. The one who stops fearing other than ALLAH, and singles ALLAH alone with apprehension, he will be protected from illusions, and ALLAH will provide him with security against any dangers, so his worries will be turned into safety, coolness and peace.

▫️. The one who stops consuming much food will be saved from gluttony and other various diseases, because he who eats too much, drinks too much, sleeps too much; the result is that he is unable to worship ALLAH in the manner he should. Many are those who live to eat, whereas the Sunnah is to eat to live; especially during this month, when we are supposed to cut back on food.

▫️. The one who abandons greed and controls it before it controls him. Surely, greed for worldly things causes one to focus on ‘success’ in this world only and distracts one from ALLAH.

▫️. The one who abandons illicit, passionate love, and avoids the reasons leading to it; who bears the pangs and torment of the desertion and remoteness of the beloved, and turns wholly to ALLAH will be provided with consolation and comfort, self-dignity, he will be saved from the anguish, humiliation, and captivity of passionate love.

His heart will be filled with freedom, and love of ALLAH Glorified and Exalted, a love that composes his heart and satisfies its hunger.

▫️. The one who abandons seeking fame and exhibitionism, ALLAH will uplift him. Rasulullah ﷺ said: “Whoever humbles himself by a degree for ALLAH, ALLAH will raise him by a degree. Whoever is arrogant to ALLAH by a degree, ALLAH will lower him by a degree until he is made ‘the lowest of the low.”

▫️. The one who leaves envy will be saved from its various harms. Envy is incurable disease, a lethal poison, an outrageous behavior and an evil moral. It is found in inferior relatives, peers, comrades, acquaintance, and friends.

A wise man said: "I have not seen an oppressor who is more resembling to the oppressed than the envier: permanent concerns, inseparable worries and a confused heart."

▫️. The one who abstains from backbiting and slandering people and looking for their flaws will be compensated with safety from their evils and is provided with insight into himself.

_Mu’adh ibn Jabal رضي الله عنه said, “A servant will not reach the heights of faith until humility is more beloved to him than nobility, until less in the world is more beloved to him than more, until it is the same whether he is lovedx or hated for the truth, and until he judges people the way he would love to be judged for himself and his household.”_

ALLAH ‎knows best
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