lazy, we should rebuke it. We should refrain from Shari’ah-forbidden acts without any ifs and buts avoiding any kind of delay.

If we remain indulged in the luxuries of this mortal world spending all of our precious time heedlessly in only brightening our worldly future and the angel of death comes to us, then by Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! We would not be given time to even say ‘سُبْحٰنَ اللہ’ once. Let’s listen to an admonitory parable in this regard:

No respite to even distribute wealth

It is stated on page 389 of the book called ‘Lubab-ul-Ihya’, translated as ‘Ihya-ul-‘Uloom ka Khulasa’, a publication of Maktaba-tul-Madina, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Bin ‘Abdullah Muznee رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said: A person from Bani Israel hoarded [i.e. gathered] wealth. When the time of his death approached, he said to his sons: Show me my different possessions. Many horses, camels and slaves were brought to him. Seeing them, he began to weep in remorse.

Seeing him crying, Malak-ul-Maut (Sayyiduna ‘Izra’eel) (عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم) asked, ‘Why are you crying? I swear by the One Who blessed you with all this! I will not leave until I separate your soul from your body.’ He pleaded, ‘Grant me a little time so I may distribute this wealth.’ The angel said, ‘Now you would not be granted any respite. Why did you not do it before your death?’ Therefore, Malak-ul-Maut (Sayyiduna ‘Izra’eel) (عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم) (then) seized his soul.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! The above-mentioned parable contains Madani pearls of admonition [i.e. warning] for those heedless people who always struggle to multiply their wealth by any means despite already having loads of wealth. They don’t get satisfied even after hoarding up hundreds of thousands, millions, rather billions, and having a lot of properties. The greed of accumulating wealth keeps increasing further, instead of decreasing.