Sahl ibn 'Abdullah said,
"The sign of the love of Allah is love of the Qur'an.
The sign of love of the Qur'an is love of the Prophet.
The sign of love of the Prophet is love of the Sunna.
The sign of love of the Sunna is love of the Next World.
The sign of love of the Next World is hatred for this world.
The sign of hatred for this world is that you do not store up any of it except for provision and what you need to arrive safely in the Next World."
Too beautiful to skip it and not share it with others. It does not come as a surprise but those who are able to convey their ideas in the best of manners are those who are well conversant with poetry and literature. I had even read somewhere that the appreciation of the Quran
also lies in its rhythmic flow - but dont quote me about this.
Another link to keep myself busy while driving - http://www.masbayarea.org/multiMedia.asp .
8 comments:
"The sign of love of the Next World is hatred for this world."
I like everything except this line...
It's not literal, but more figurative as in dislike the duniya (and by duniya it means that which gets in the way of you and your goal of getting close to Allah(SWT)) and love the aakhira.
This world is a means to get to the end, and to get too immersed in it is detrimental to one's spirituality.
"one's spirituality"
I dont know if it makes sense to anyone... We dont know if we are humans any more...
I was always intersted in Spirituality... few years ago more than religion...
now I think we need to be humanist ..
STA = MUSLIM HUMANIST
STA, what makes you believe that humanity and spirituality cannot co-exist or that they aren't of the same moral branch?
A Muslim (or any person) can strive to be more spiritual and increase his/ her humanity simultaneously. One of the pillars of Islam is zakat- what is more humane than charity and feeding/ clothing/ educating/ empowering one's brethren?
When I speak of spiritual progression, I do not mean ignoring one's worldly duties and sitting alone in a room making dhikr (although this is something good to do, from time to time). I mean that we must look at our lives, pinpoint what exactly distracts us from doing more ibada, and attempt to lessen or eliminate those actions. Hard to do yes, impossible no.
STA is probably prescribes to that school where the word "hatred" in any particular form should not be mentioned. The word "hatred" probably implies a vision of immense dislike that gets further associated with acts of disobedience & violence.
By hatred, it is implied that we do not associate the current life to be the final one, and recognize the next life as a place where our current "humanist" actions matter. By hatred for this current life, you understand the need to identify actions/words/etc that take you deeper into this world that do nothing for the hereafter, and proactively take steps to move away from them.
"The sign of love of the Next World is hatred for this world."
Its not hatred of this physical world. The world mentioned here is ones existence, I guess.
I completely believe that our existence in this physical world is like a drop of water in the ocean.
Now few questions...
If every individual start to think that this world is not his or he/she should not love the world he lives in.. he wont worry about this physical world and also the future of it... that might lead to things like may face Global Warming...
And more importantly, are we building foundations for future of our community...? Are we trying to reconstruct glorious Islamic Civilization that once existed?
STA, you make my head hurt...
I am not refuting that we should love our world and the good in it- we are to cherish and respect all of Allah(swt)'s creations, including ourselves. Taking care of the planet is included in that, which I'm specifically mentioning because you brought up the example of global warming.
As far as the prosperous Islamic nation that once existed is concerned, I will have to quote my father. He said something to the effect that each civilization has seen its glory and its downfall, and unfortunately we're in the bad times for the Muslim world.
That doesn't mean we should not try to better things and make a positive difference. But we should be realistic about the situation, as well.
Realism?
Do it exist? Looks like every body lives in their own world... with rare overlaps...
BK: none of the comments are againt any person or individual... espcially not against u....
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