Better than the world and all that it contains

The beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “A place in Paradise equal to the size of a whip is better than the world and whatever is in it.”^[1]

Regarding this blessed Hadith, Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Ḥaqq Muḥaddith Dihlawī رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه stated, “A small part of Paradise is better than the world and whatever it contains. The mention of a whip corresponds to the custom whereby a rider, when intending to dismount at a place, would throw down his whip as a mark so that no one else would dismount there.”^[2]

Mufti Aḥmad Yār Khān رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه said, “The mention of a whip refers to a small area. Indeed, the blessings of Paradise are eternal. Worldly blessings are perishable, and moreover, they are mixed with hardships, whereas the blessings of paradise are pure. Worldly blessings are inferior, while those of Paradise are exalted. Therefore, the world bears no comparison even with the smallest part of Paradise.”^[3]

Those who amass wealth for this world are foolish

Sayyidah ꜤĀˈishah Ṣiddīqah رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهَا reports that the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “The world belongs to the one who has no true home, and its wealth belongs to the one who has no true possession, and the one who amasses for it is foolish.”^[4]

Live in the world like a traveller

Sayyidunā ꜤAbdullāh b. ꜤUmar رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُمَا narrates:

The beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم once held my shoulders and said, ‘Live in the world like a stranger and a traveller.’ Sayyidunā Ibn ꜤUmar رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُمَا said, ‘If you are alive in the evening, do not expect the morning, and if you are alive in the morning, do not expect the