to wealth alone, but its curse may exist in various other matters too. A greedy person is extremely pitiful as he is always busy in fulfilling his greed and finally, this fatal disease leads him to slavery and extreme disgrace.

Sayyiduna Fudayl Bin ‘Iyaad رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated greed is that a person at times keeps longing for this thing and at times for that thing, to the extent that he wants to acquire everything. For fulfilling this purpose, he meets many different people who use him for their own vested interests because they fulfil his needs and requirements. They want him to revere them, which results in his ultimate disgrace. Besides this, it is love for the world that forces him to greet them and visit them when they fall ill, but all these acts are not for the pleasure of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. (Mukashafa-tul-Quloob, pp. 124)

Let’s listen to three narrations based on the adversity of greed and try to get some Madani pearls of advice:

3 Blessed sayings of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in relation to greed

 -1Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: People say or any of you say that a greedy person is more deceitful than a cruel person but in the sight of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, no cruelty is greater than greed, and Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ swears by His Reverence, Glory and Majesty that no greedy and stingy person will enter Paradise.  (Mukashafa-tul-Quloob, pp. 124)

 -2Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: Continue refraining from greed because it is greed that destroyed the previous nations, provoked them to tell lies and they began lying, encouraged them towards cruelty so they started inflicting cruelty and persuaded them to break off ties (with relatives) so they started breaking off ties. (Kanz-ul-‘Ummal, Hadees 7402)

 -3The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘Two hungry wolves, when set free in [a flock of] nanny-goats, do not cause as much harm as the greed of wealth and love for status cause to one’s Deen.’ (Sunan-ut-Tirmizi, vol. 4, pp. 166, Hadees 2383)