instead uses it in place of a butcher’s knife and cuts meat with it, saying: I have not kept this useless!

2.   Or if one was to cook turnip in a golden pot, whereas with just a small portion of the said golden pot, one can buy many normal pots and cook much more food

3.   Or, as if one were to place an expensive sword on the wall of his home, and suspend a broken pot from it; is this not a regretful situation? If one desired to hang this pot from a wall, a simple, affordable hook could be used. Does using such an expensive sword for a work like this, make any form of sense? O mankind! Allah Almighty has made you of the highest worth, and He has stated:

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ اشْتَرٰى مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ اَنْفُسَهُمْ وَ اَمْوَالَهُمْ بِاَنَّ لَهُمُ الْجَنَّةَؕ-

Indeed, Allah has purchased from the Muslims their wealth and lives in this exchange; that, for them is Paradise.

[Kanz-ul-Iman (Translation of Quran)] (Part 11, Surah Al-Taubah, verse 111)

Allah Almighty has purchased your very being, your time, your soul, your wealth and livelihood; if you were to spend these things in His path and upon His name, then you shall receive the permanent and everlasting gift of Jannah. This is the great value Allah Almighty has granted you. If one was to instead throw himself towards the Hellfire, then this is indeed a great act of oppression upon oneself.

(Fihi Maa Fihi, p. 7)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                  صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

O devotees of the Messenger! We must wake up from heedlessness, as time will not stop for us. We must be prepared and strive greatly towards performing good deeds, otherwise without doubt, a person who does not perform worship is useless and lowly. Using an example,