should know that the world is mortal and the Hereafter is immortal. That is to say, living in this world he should not become busy with the world, but rather prepare for the Hereafter. (Musnad Imam Ahmad, vol. 7, pp. 18)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب    صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

World is like sand!

Dear Islamic sisters! Have you heard! In the above-mentioned blessed Ahadees, people who love this world have been strongly condemned. We, therefore, should not only have a strong desire for the world, but rather we should collect virtuous deeds for the Hereafter because the world is like sand. No matter how much sand a person gets in her fist, all the sand gets out slowly from the fist in the form of particles and finally the fist remains empty. Same is the state of this deceitful world.

Earning money and then spending it on illnesses

A man becomes loyal to the world throughout his life; for earning money he works hard day and night, does part-time job and works 20 hours a day. In short, he spends his day by thinking that he has to earn money; he spends his night by having a desire to earn money; his heart beats with the same desire that he has to earn money; he takes steps with the same curiosity that he has to earn money. But alas! The money for which he does not care for health, works overtime, wastes precious months and years of his life, works very hard day and night and does not bother about Halal and Haraam; the very same money is spent on his illnesses later on. Of course! When a person becomes old, he starts suffering from different diseases. Now neither can he do anything for the world, nor for the Hereafter.

Do not forget death

Giving warning about the mischiefs of the world, Imam Muhammad Ghazali رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has written with reference to a pious person: O people! Perform