The worldliness and its luxuries

The Revered and Renowned Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: The world is sweet and luxurious [i.e. beautiful]. One who earns money in a Halal way and spends it fulfilling its perfect rights, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will grant him reward and will make him enter Jannah. And one who earns money in a Haraam way and spends it in any unlawful thing [that is contrary to Shari’ah], Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will make him enter ‘دارُ الھَـــوَان’ (i.e. the home of humiliation).

(Shu’ab-ul-Iman, vol. 4, pp. 396, Hadees 5567)

Commenting on the abovementioned Hadees, Allamah Abdur Rauf Manawi
عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی has stated in the book ‘Fayd-ul-Qadeer’: This shows that the world itself is not something bad. Since it is a farm for the afterlife, anyone who attains worldly things, with Shar’i permission, will be helped by that thing in his afterlife. (Fayd-ul-Qadeer, vol. 3, pp. 727, Hadees 4273)

We should make up our minds to earn our sustenance through lawful (Halal) means instead of running after the accumulation of wealth from unlawful (Haraam) sources and we should continue spending in charity according to our ability to help our relatives, neighbours and other poor people. It is true that whoever helps somebody, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ helps him and the blessed act of charity in the way of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ causes wealth to increase.

The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: Sadaqah does not cause a decrease in wealth. And the bondsman who forgives, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ elevates his honour due to his act of forgiveness and the one who shows humility for the pleasure of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ grants him elevation.

 (Sahih Muslim, pp. 1397, Hadees 2588/69)

It was the great excellence of the absolute self-sufficiency of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم that he never liked to keep wealth at home, rather he used to distribute it in Sadaqah (voluntarily charity); therefore, one day, after   finishing the ‘Asr Salah, the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم got up quickly and went to his house and then came out. The blessed Companions