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Mujhay ho jaye nafrat kash! Aqa maal-o-dawlat say
May my heart be cleaned from love for the world
May I have hatred against wealth, O Beloved Rasool!
(Wasail-e-Bakhshish, pp. 133)
Dear Islamic brothers! Love for wealth leads to the abyss of humiliation and disgrace. Although the seekers of wealth at times attain some fame and status in the world, they often end up with doom and destructiveness in the Hereafter. The above-mentioned saying of Sayyiduna Shaykh Shibli عَـلَـیۡـهِ رَحْـمَـةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـوَلِی contains a great admonitory lesson for those remaining intoxicated with wealth. Love for wealth blinds a person to the consequences of his deeds in the afterlife. Utterly heedless of his doom, he then pays no regard to the commandments of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, sayings of Beloved Mustafa صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and rulings of Shari’ah.
Worries about wealth certainly make a person heedless of his afterlife, causing countless sins, some of which include not paying Zakah and ‘Ushr, miserliness, giving and receiving interest and bribery, breaking off relations with relatives, lying and defrauding others of money etc.
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