because it contains blessing that softens the heart and increases tears. It contains the blessings of 70 blessed Ambiya عَـلَـيْهِمُ السَّلَام including Sayyiduna ‘Isa عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام. (Firdaus-ul-Akhbar, vol. 2, pp. 67, Hadees 3876)

Sayyiduna Imam Sa’labi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: Sayyiduna Umar bin Abdul Aziz رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه would eat bread one day with olive oil, one day with meat and one day with red lentil. A pious person رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: Red lentil and olive are the foods of righteous people. Red lentil makes a body thin and thin body is helpful in worship. Red lentil does not increase lust as is increased by meat. (Tafseer Qurtubi, vol. 1, pp. 346)

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The world and Hereafter!

Dear Islamic sisters! It is a true fact that the world will end very soon compared to the everlasting Hereafter. The world-seeker apparently is very happy for achieving this world; she has high hopes from it; she is lost in its colourfulness, but when she realizes the truth, she regrets. One who, living in this world, tries to make her Hereafter better, makes her world and Hereafter both better. On the other hand, the one who only earns the world living in this world, gets deprived of the benefits and fruits of the Hereafter. Satan likes the one who is lost in the colourfulness of the world, whereas the one who prepares for the Hereafter becomes the beloved of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. The path to the world apparently looks easy due to Nafsani (carnal) desires and high hopes, but its end is very bad. The path to the Hereafter apparently looks tough, but its destination is the beautiful and everlasting place of Paradise. Since the world is very close to us compared to the Hereafter, our heart is very quickly attracted to it, whereas, the Hereafter is after the world, hence people become heedless of it. Remember! It is one of the reasons to call the world by the (name دنیا) world that the world is closer to us than the Hereafter.