Book Name:Dunya Ne Hame Kiya Diya ?
Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, the founder of Dawat-e-Islami, ‘Allamah Maulana Abu Bilal Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qaadiri Razavi دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه has narrated on page 260 of his book ‘Nayki ki Da’wat’ [Call to Righteousness]: The word (دُنۡيَا) [i.e. the world] literally means ‘closeness’. That is to say, it is called the world because it is closer to humans than the Hereafter, or due to the reason that, it is closer to the heart because of its desires and (carnal) pleasures. (Al-Hadiqa-tun-Nadiyyah, vol. 1, pp. 17)
Sayyiduna ‘Allamah Badruddin ‘Ayni رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ تَـعَالٰی عَـلَيْه has said: Before the home of the Afterlife, all creatures are [referred to as] the world. (‘Umda-tul-Qaari, vol. 1, pp. 52) Therefore from this viewpoint, gold, silver and every essential and inessential thing bought by them is included in the world. (Al-Hadiqa-tun-Nadiyyah, vol. 1, pp. 17)
Which world is good and which is condemnable?
Dear Islamic sisters! Remember! There are three types of worldly things:
1 There are only two worldly things that help a person in the Hereafter and their benefit is obtained even after the death. (1) Knowledge and (2) Deed. Deed means that one should worship Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ with sincerity.
2 The things whose benefit is limited to the world only and one cannot get any fruit of it in the Hereafter such as getting pleasure from sins and gaining benefits more than the need from permissible things, for example a piece of land, property, gold, silver, nice clothes and eating delicious foods are all included in the condemnable type of the world.
3 The type in which there are things that are helpful in performing virtuous deeds like essential food, clothes are also a good type of the world, but this world will be condemnable if one aims to get only immediate worldly benefit and pleasure from it. (Summarized from: Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 3, pp. 270-271)