backbiting etc., moreover, they remain under the obsession with making money as it is stated in a blessed Hadees: The most Revered and Renowned Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: ‘One gets old but two of his things remain young, one is hope [lofty aspiration] and the greed for wealth.’

(Sahih Muslim, Kitab-uz-Zakah, pp. 521, Hadees 1047)

Dear Islamic brothers! Have you noticed that even when one gets old, the lust of wealth and yearning of a long life keeps him busy and thus he remains deprived of the real taste and pleasure of worship. To inculcate the remembrance of death in the heart and to abandon the love for worldliness, listen to the translation of 3 Arabic Couplets mentioned in the book ‘Aansuon ka Darya’, a publication of Maktaba-tul-Madinah, and after seeking forgiveness, make a sincere intention to lead the rest of your lives in worshipping:

1.         O elderly man! Despite growing old, you are indulged in ignorance. Now, at this stage of your life, such ignorance is not good on your part.

Your decision has been made by the white hair on your head, but you are inclined to the world and this transitory and mortal world is deceiving you.

Stop regretting over this mortal world as you have to face death one day and make a firm determination to keep yourselves away from any kind of indecency and immodesty.

Value of worldly life compared to the afterlife

Sayyiduna Mustawrid Bin Shaddad رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has narrated that the Noble Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said, ‘By Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! In comparison to the Hereafter, this world is very short, like a person who dips his finger into the sea and then sees how much water is stuck to his finger.’

(Sahih Muslim, pp. 1529, Hadees 2858)

Commenting on this blessed Hadees, a renowned commentator of Hadees and Quran, a great thinker of Ummah, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الْـحَنَّـان