Remember! Undoubtedly, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ blesses one with worldliness whom     He عَزَّوَجَلَّ likes and also one whom He عَزَّوَجَلَّ does not like, but when He عَزَّوَجَلَّ shows His affection towards any bondsman, He blesses him with the wealth of Iman. Listen carefully! The Hereafter is close. Beware! You are still able to do righteous deeds, it is not the time of reckoning at present but you will be accounted for shortly when the time of doing deeds will be over.

(Mawsu’ah Ibn Abid Dunya, vol. 3, pp. 303, Raqm 3)

When one falls into worldly temptations to such an extent that it becomes unbearably hard for him to separate himself from worldly desires and worldly pleasures, his heart ceases to ponder over death which is a destroyer of worldly temptations and pleasures. The thing which a human dislikes, he tries to refrain from it, whereas the same human is occupied in holding false, high and worthless hopes and ambitions and wants to do everything according to his urges. Then living in this world is his real motive and it is for this reason, he remains surrounded by such thoughts and prefers the thoughts of family, house, friends, wealth and other possessions in his heart, resulting in his heart being preoccupied these thoughts thus he forgets his death.

Cure for love for world

The cure for this cause of high hopes is that one should believe in the Day of Judgement, in the severe punishments as well as the great reward that will be given on this Day. If a person has perfect belief in these things, love for the world will be removed from his heart. Love for a nice thing removes love for an inferior thing from the heart. When a person sees the world with contempt and the Hereafter with admiration, he will not have interest in the world no matter if he is given the kingship from the east to the west. How will he get happy about the world or how will love for the world be created in his heart, when belief in the Hereafter has been very firmly placed in his heart? We pray to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ to enable us to give only that much importance to the world as His pious bondmen do.

Second cause of high hopes, is ignorance.