Hakeem-ul-Ummat Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said, ‘The comparison mentioned in the Hadees is just for explanation. Remember, worldliness is that which makes us heedless of Allah Almighty, whereas the worldly life of a wise person or an ‘Arif [who recognizes Allah Almighty] is the cultivated land of the Hereafter; his world is very great. On the other hand, even the Salah offered by a heedless person for ostentation is his worldliness. A wise man’s eating, drinking (water etc.), sleeping, waking and even living and dying are all Deen [religion] as these acts are the Sunnahs of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. A Muslim should eat, drink, sleep and wake as these are the blessed Sunnahs of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. There is a clear-cut difference between حیاۃُ الدُّنیا, حَیٰوۃٌ فِی الدُّنیا and حیاۃٌ للِّدُّنیا i.e., the life of the world, the life in the world and the life for the world. The life which is in the world but for the Hereafter, not for the world is blessed.

 (Mirat-ul-Manajih, vol. 7, pp. 3)

8. Dead lamb

Sayyiduna Jabir رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has narrated that the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم once passed by a dead lamb (a young sheep) so he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘Will any of you like to have it for one dirham?’ They said humbly, ‘We do not want to have it in exchange for anything.’ Then he صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰى عَـلَيْـهِ وَاٰلـِهٖ وَسَـلَّم said, ‘By Allah Almighty! The world is even more contemptible to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ than this is to you.’ (Mishkat-ul-Masabih, vol. 2, pp. 242, Hadees 5157)

Hakeem-ul-Ummat Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said, ‘Nobody buys a dead lamb for even a meagre amount of 25 paisa as its skin is useless and its meat is Haraam. Who will buy it! One should remember the meaning of the world that has just been mentioned. Blessed Sufis have said: Even the reformers of the entire world cannot guide or reform a worldly person, similarly, all the Satans cannot mislead or misguide an ascetic [who gives up the world] Muslim. A worldly person performs even religious activities for the world, whereas a religious person performs even worldly activities for the religion.’ (Mirat-ul-Manajih, vol. 7, pp. 3)