Love of the world

1. Love of the world

Love of the wold is one of the severe phycological diseases and one of the greatest sins that all pervious apostles have given an derogatory remark of it. Our Holy Quran has been stated about more badness of this sin in comparison of another sins and has prohibited about it. Hazrat Janabe The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) and all Masoomin (a.s.) have been narrated in detail. A few of them been given as follows: first of all it is necessary to know that what is the meaning of the world and what is the love of the world that has been settled as unlawful?

The meaning of the world

If the world would be smallest by force then it’s meaning is clearly known. If the meaning of this word known. If the meaning of this word would accept in both then its importunity would be of the Hereafter of that its mean in low sense. But if its intention would of meanness then its importunity would be very high. There is no capacity of doubt that worldly life is very low then the life of Hereafter due to many reasons. For that very reason this is the fact that the place after life is very high in excellency and virtuous character. This is the period of man’s life that during this period that a child borns from the belly of his mother and sets his feet on the earth and then his soul seperates from the body of his mother. The world provides all necessaries such as food, clothes, and house and many other comforts like health, children, property, honour, reputation, power, gaiety and happy social life. In short, the life of a man from birth to last breathe of death, necessaries and all things are included in praise of world’s category.

“ Only Good Virtues will be left behind.”

But namaz, fasting, Haj, poor-rate and other worships are voluntary actions of man that are performed to obey Allah’s commands. In the same way, drunkenness, fornication, gambling and others crimes are forbidden by Allah. Though all these things are related with worldly affairs but Allah The Almighty is Ever-lasting and the effect of his work is always remaining till lasts. If a man performs all these works remembering His name and His rememberance or to say in simple words that need of prayer and desire to protect from sin for Allah only. Though all these external worldly deeds are perishable but as a fact its effects remain for lasts. This is the reason that these deeds are remembering by the name of deeds of the Hereafter and not worldly. Thus if all introductions would be for Allah only, it will be included in the deeds of the Hereafter.

4. Worship is an excluded deed from worldly love.

For example if a man obtains wealth and decides that he would spend his wealth in the way of Allah and then he will spend after his children and family and pay poor rate or perform his rights and duties towards others, perform Haj or not but if he is true to one’s words then this deed would be included as his capital of his life after death. On the whole it can be said that worship is an excluded deed from worldly love whereas all know the reason the fondness of world but as a result of the fondness of world enforced the perpetration of crime. That is why to become an object of Allah’s wrath is unintelligible and for this reason it is necessary to hate it. In this way this topic is expelled from our argument. In short that fondness of worldly means to invoke ourselve in the worldly life and its all pleasures but worship and sin are different acts and strengthening of each is also clear.

5. For eternal world

As we have written in detail on this topic of faith that a man should believe that his existence does not persih from the death. A man is created from the dust like others animals and he has to be perished in the dust only. He has not been created only for the worldly life but human being is such creation that he has to remain forever. One who born once never perish. Only the death creates a distance between his soul and body. Its example is like a bird who becomes free from the cage. After the death he settles in the invisible world where he has no difficulty. He will be in rest and peace without any sorrow or anger. He will be out of worry and sorrow. . That is the best achievement of his life, we cannot guess of failure. Death is the fountain head of honour and power that he does not gain indignity and disgrace. The moral is that life is the period of full of happiness that never dies.

“ Develop intimacy with Hereafter.”

But to achieve succession eternal life is that to die with faith and fear of God. The faith and fear of God are like wings to take you in the invisible world where dependence of success will be on the height of his faith and fear of God. it is clear that achievement of faith and fear of God and bring it to perfection is possible only in the life because we have to suffer the result of our deeds after the death. As you sow, so shall you reap here? In fact a man is a traveller in the world and he has to supply all goods for his deliverance in his life only. This is the thing that makes conspicious the importance of his worldly life.

“ Love of world for the sake of the Hereafter.”

Every wise and prudent person loves his life and he prays for his long life. This is the reason that he is forbidden to pray for his death. On the contrary, he is ordered to pray Allah for the long life, so that your good deeds increase and faith strengthen and be afraid of death because he knows very well that faith and good deeds that are dependence of his future life can obtain only in this world that the door of the good deeds closed after the death. In short that that worldly life is the source of future life and the wise person prefers for himself for this reason. Our Holy Quran and in other traditions have been narrated on many occasions about the importance of life. Our Holy Quran has stated in Sura Qasas Ayat no 77 that

وَابْتَغِ فِيمَا آتَاكَ اللَّهُ الدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ وَلَا تَنسَ نَصِيبَكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَأَحْسِن كَمَا أَحْسَنَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ وَلَا تَبْغِ الْفَسَادَ فِي الْأَرْضِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُفْسِدِينَ

“ And seek by means of what Allah has given you the future abode and do not neglect your portion of this world.” In the same way our Holy Quran has stated in auspicious Sura Mominun Ayat no 98-99 that “ And I seek refuge in Thee! O my Lord! From their presence. Until when death over takes one of them, he says: Send me back my Lord, send me back.”

(Surah Qasas 28:77)

“ Worldly delicacy for Allah’s pleasure”

Attainment of worldly delicacy and pleasure is the cause of increment of mystic knowledge and a man becomes attentive towards Allah, getting all these fineness. A devoted person prefers original of delicacy for himself. Or Holy Quran has stated in Sura A’le Imran Ayat 51

إِنَّ اللّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُ هَـذَا صِرَاطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ

Who has prohibited the embellishment of Allah which He has brought forth for His servants and the good provisions?

(Surah A’le Imran 3:51)

and Sura A’raf Ayat no 32 that “ Say:

قُلْ مَنْ حَرَّمَ زِينَةَ اللّهِ الَّتِيَ أَخْرَجَ لِعِبَادِهِ وَالْطَّيِّبَاتِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ قُلْ هِي لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا خَالِصَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ كَذَلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

Say: These are for the believers in the life of this world, purely (theirs) on the resurrection day.” But as far as this is concerned, infidels are not included with the true believers and this is peculiar for the believers only.

(Surah A’raf 7:32)

9. “If it is for the hereafter is much better”

An explanation is that elegance, rest, comforts and various kinds of worldly things would lawful and would not be waste by using it then its utilization is lawful for him. But if he has hearty attachment with all these things and intends that his good deeds will remain forever then this act will be praise worthy and preferable. Such as one who loves his wife and thinks that his religion is safe then this deed is not involved in unlawfulness. If guesses that love with wife is a bounty of God and his mind gets all kinds of comforts. And she is the life partner and the source of child’s birth and future generation. Therefore, it is essential to love our children because it is the gift from Allah. If they are brought up properly and become virtuous having a good character then his parents will also include in his virtuous deeds.

If he loves wealth and riches and thinks that his is bestowed by Allah and can obtain success in the hereafter by means of this and all these various good things are the natural phenomena of Allah’s power, grace and perfection and by means of this only enhance Allah’s love and mystic knowledge and they spur on the desire of the nearness of Allah. If he would obtain power, honour, wealth, official position, grandeur and reputation that he can put into effect and Allah likes it. Such as to help oppressed persons and take an account from the cruel persons of their cruelty and help poor and weak people.

10. “Temporary love of the world is not blamable”

As a whole the love of the world relating to other things for Allah and resurrection day will not consider as in the fondness of world as we are talking about it. And according to the Holy Quran and Hadith it is also worthy considering. Because as a fact, this kind of a man does not anything in his personal status. Such a man is like a traveller whose intention would up till his motherland access and to fulfil needs of his life and whenever he comes under the influence with anything and which can be useful to him in his native place, he tries to get it and sends to his native place. The crux of the question of discussion is that fondness of world is not contemptible but according to the Holy Quran and Hadith the remarkable deed is that he should love the world independently (Arabic Hadith) An explanation is – Once Hazrat Ali (a.s.) saw that a man was giving derogatory remark to the world in ignorance Hazrat Ali (a.s.) said a few words about the world to give him a lesson and praised the world and said -–The world is a place of truth that one can take a lesson from it. Grave and graveyard are the examples of it. The world is a place to remain safe from the punishment but to whom who can understand. This is the place of protection from him that he can obtain the provision for hereafter. This is the place of advice for him that he can accept it.

The world is a mosque for the believers of Alah and it is the place of namaz for Allah’s angels. This is the place where Allah sent His revelation on His Apostles. This is the business place for the friends of Allah that people can buy and sell. People can buy His rectitude and bounties. As in the result, heaven is the profit of his business. One who keeps friendship with the world on this basis, believe it, he kept friendship with Allah and the hereafter. Such people who loves the world that the world is the way of getting nearness of Allah and to make his future life prosperous.

11. “There are some signs of love of world for hereafter”

It is necessary to say that sometimes a man becomes doubtful that his love for the world is for Allah and the hereafter and he himself does not keep friendship with it. As a fact he is completely bound in love of the world. Because if his fondness of world is for Allah and the hereafter, he would hate to commit a sin. He will not look at others properties. He will not be greedy and jealous and his heart will be pure from miserliness, pride, enmity, self-complacent and would be pure from the desire of subversion.

12. “Permanent Love of the world.”

To know the difference of love for the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.)’s decedents and love for freedom we will have to consider some strange saying of Hazrat Ali (a.s.). He has been stated in Nehjul Balagdh sermon No.38 that one who will read it is to take a lesson he will get eyes sight. Therefore, see the references of world’s mortality. Do not expect from it. Only the hereafter is immortal, love it. The world is the media to achieve of the hereafter. If a person looks at the world firmly with loving eyes and tries to obtain it, the world will make him blind. That means he cannot find out its mortality and other faults and will become ignorant from the hereafter, such person will be disappoint from the matter of fact.

One who makes friendship with the world for worldly pleasure and prefers its happiness and pleasures and consider him self-fortunate, he is surely unaware of Allah. He thinks himself the dependent of worldly things that these all things will remain everlasting. This is the reason that he raises big questions about his expectation and renounced himself for its achievement. Such person becomes neglect for hereafter or refused it every time. Being neglect from every sin and unlawful things makes all worldly achievements surety for his pleasure and if he does not get he becomes very sad and disappoint. This is the meaning of the love for the world. Wisdom and religious both have give derogatory remark.

13. “Stages of Worldly love.”

There are three stages for the world and fondness of the world.

I stage:

 This is the stage that person should not love anything except the world and its things. He should not be desirous except materialism and considers Allah and the hereafter as useless and imaginary and say (Sura Jasiyah Ayat 24).

وَقَالُوا مَا هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَا إِلَّا الدَّهْرُ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

 “There is nothing but our life in this world. We live and die and nothing destroys us but time” — That is to say that a man comes into existence like an animal and death perish him. As far as it is necessary a man should be completed his desires.

(Surah Jasiyah 45:24)

14.    “One who loves the world more”

II stage:

One who loves the world and along with it he would be the seeker of the life after death and seek deliverance for both and tries hard for both, but loves heartily with the world and gives more importance to the world than the hereafter and when the time comes for calling account, sacrifice the hereafter for the world, such as Umar Bin Sa’ad, for the sake of achievement during his reign martyred Sayyadus Shohda (a.s.).

This example is applicable to all worldly mind persons, who become ready to commit sin for rank and position, let it be harmful for him for the next world or take another example of wealth. A man is so greedy, he does not hesitate to commit a sin and to give his dues of others and harm his future life. In short this kind of person does not give importance of loss of the hereafter. If his worldly life incurs a loss, he becomes perplexed. There are some people who believe on the hereafter and tries also for themselves for their future life. But if a mortal sin is committed by them and destroys their future life, they will not regret but if they suffer in their worldly life they become perplexed very much. In other words such people become more impressed of his disappointment of his world than the disappointment of the hereafter. This is the proof of this that he loves the world more than the hereafter.

15     “One whose heart is filled with Allah’s love is emptied from world love”

But here worldly love, Allah and believe on the resurrection day are different things. It is necessary to forget the worldly love for giving support to Allah and the resurrection day.

This can be clarified this way that Allah has created the resurrection day very great important and everlasting. Therefore, Allah has warned on this importance and interpreted in Sura Yasin Ayat 14

إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهِمُ اثْنَيْنِ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَعَزَّزْنَا بِثَالِثٍ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا إِلَيْكُم مُّرْسَلُونَ

“Allah has stated – so announce to him forgiveness and an honourable reward.”

(Surah Ya-Sin 36:14)

People are warned by Allah to remember the day of resurrection and make haste to obtain it.

Our Holy Quran has stated in Surah A’le Imran Ayat 132 also.

وَأَطِيعُواْ اللّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

“And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord, and a Garden, the extensiveness of which is (a.s.) the heavens and the earth; it is prepared for those who guard (against evil).”

(Surah A’le Imran 3:132)

In the Sura Hadid Ayat 21 Allah have warned people

سَابِقُوا إِلَى مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا كَعَرْضِ السَّمَاء وَالْأَرْضِ أُعِدَّتْ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ ذَلِكَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَاء وَاللَّهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ

“Hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and to a Garden the extensiveness of which is as extensiveness of the heaven and the earth.

(Surah Hadid 57:21)

Allah has stated in Sura Mutaffin Ayat 26

خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ وَفِي ذَلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ

“The sealing of it is (with) musk; and for that let the aspirers aspire.”

(Surah Mutaffin 45:24)

In compare of it, Allah created the world as mortal and created the life of a man hard and inform him from world’s inferiority and ill-time and acquainted them the importance of the resurrection day. Sura Ankabut Ayat 64 states

وَمَا هَذِهِ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا لَهْوٌ وَلَعِبٌ وَإِنَّ الدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ لَهِيَ الْحَيَوَانُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ

“And this life of the world is nothing but a sport and a play”

(Surah Jasiyah 45:24)

Allah states in Sura Nisa Ayat 77

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ قِيلَ لَهُمْ كُفُّواْ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَقِيمُواْ الصَّلاَةَ وَآتُواْ الزَّكَاةَ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقِتَالُ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ يَخْشَوْنَ النَّاسَ كَخَشْيَةِ اللّهِ أَوْ أَشَدَّ خَشْيَةً وَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَا لِمَ كَتَبْتَ عَلَيْنَا الْقِتَالَ لَوْلا أَخَّرْتَنَا إِلَى أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ قُلْ مَتَاعُ الدَّنْيَا قَلِيلٌ وَالآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّمَنِ اتَّقَى وَلاَ تُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلاً

“Say; The provision of this world is short” And Allah ordered His people the world is very short and not eternal. Do not love the world heartily. But look at it that it is the support of your next life. Do not pay attention towards its condition and colourfulness. Sura Hadid Ayat No.23 also states that “So that you may not grieve for what escaped you,nor be exaltant at what He has given you; and Allah does not love any arrogant boaster.”

(Surah Nisa 4:77)

Do not lead astray yourself in the pleasure of the world that you cannot make arrangement for the hereafter.

Only claim makes man a true believer? O readers of the book! You yourself do justice that are who is a claimant of his faith on Allah, Rasul (s.a.w.s.) and the hereafter but do not obey the commands and gives importance to the world than the hereafter and loves the world more, so he would be a sincere in his claim of his faith? If his sin is forgive and due to this he proves faithless and made mistake in performing good deeds would be recompensed?

Hazrat Amirul Mo-mineen (a.s.) has stated in Nahjul Balagah, if we would have no fault besides this we would be on friendly term with it, which was hatred by Allah and Rasul (s.a.w.s.), (the world) and would consider it honourable. The things that Allah settled it mean and disgraced, would be sufficient for the war.

16. “Why is worldly love sinful?”

Here the question arises that how can worldly love be sinful when this peculiarity is under hearty desire and as long as our hearty inclination would not come to know, no sin up till that time. Secondly the worldly love is involuntary then due to this to inclined towards the pleasure and happiness is natural inherent for a man then only troubles incumbent on people?

Our answer is then when desire of blasphemy, polytheism, hypocrisy, pride, jealousness and other sins create; the worldly love also become intimate and this is the reason that the worldly fondness is forbidden. But as long as the commitment of sins are concerned by means of bodily. Though it is forbidden those sins by means of bodily and it is not sinful to form an idea in the mind. As we have clarified this topic in detail in the book.

17. “Is worldly love natural inherent”

If we think about the worldly love involuntary that it is natural inherent for a man and he has no control over them then it is manifests that this meaning is not correct because from birth till youth he would not have suitability in this circumstance that he can identify the lust and pleasure and gets benefit from them. Being empty hand and disappoint from it, he loves them.

18. “To expel the worldly love from the heart.”

If it is said that if the love of the world is not personal and inborn but when the wisdom of a man firm and strong, his desires, pleasures, passions the fondness of the world well established in his mind and to separate this love from his heart is very difficult. Allah is just so Allah does not put anyone to inconvenience if the thing is out of his control.

19. “Hence, give up worldly love brings poverty, so it is not obligatory to do so..”

In reply we will say that to expel love of the world completely from the heart is not difficult for him and he can do so but this would be the cause of his poverty to do so. That is why it is not obligatory but it is desirable. Such as details will be given next time. It is necessary on every intellectual persons to lessen the worldly love from the heart and love Allah and the day of resurrection more instead of it, so that the love of resurrection day would increase in his heart and whatever the sin or things that have been settled unlawful are against of it. It means to increase the worldly love more than the love of the hereafter.

20. “To love too much the hereafter is optional”

This is the truth that to give preference the hereafter more than the fondness of the world and it is in the control of a man. It can be explained that men from the birth till youth (means a boy till 15 years of age and a girl till 9 years) remain unknown about the next world after the death. He thinks that a life suffering from disease ends with the death but he does not know about the new life after the death. That is why, he loves the worldly life and makes friendly terms with the worldly pleasures and sensual desired and gives more preference to worldly life. But when the religious formality incumbent on him then becomes compulsory to bring faith on the hereafter. Means according to the Holy Quran becomes necessary to bring faith on the resurrection day that a new eternal life starts after the death. According to life, happiness and success we cannot estimate on the worldly life. That is the same place that Allah has given detail in the Holy Quran that Allah show His kindness by reward and blessing to virtuous people. It is obligatory of mankind to make an attempt to success in the hereafter with worldly love. This is the meaning of to bring faith on the hereafter. In this way when faith on the hereafter would be strong, the love of the world would be decreased especially if defects of life and its result and future trouble keep in sight. If only delivering, mortality and untrustworthiness of the world keep in view, the heart would be inclined towards the hereafter.

In short in the same manner the faith on the hereafter would be strong and consider more about the defect of the world, the severance of relation of the world will be increase. Though faith and consideration is acquired power, therefore to give up the worldly love and making the heart pure from the riots of this disease is also an optional deed. Worldly love is forbidden in the Holy Quran and Hadith-E-Mutawatir then how can we say that love of the world is non-optional deed.

Arobeli and Jawahar the research scholars have also included the love of the world in unlawful things. In the same way Hazrat Shaikh Hoor Amli has written in his book Bidayatul Hadaya (Arabic Hadith) that rank and dignity of the world and speak in favour of it is unlawful. He says (Arabic Hadith) the love of the world and keep an eye of greed is not permissible. He has also written in a book `Jehad’ “chapter Hubbe Duniya” regarding its honour, has written many traditions.

21. “The Universe would be scattered if you have no love of the world.”

If it is asked that how can Islam settle the love of the world unlawful? If there is no love and interest from the world then no one will go in search of livelihood or to learn any work. He will have no connection, with pleasure, lustfulness and adornment of the world. Up to this place that marriage, the link of generation will also be finished and system of universe will be scattered.

22. “Worldly love is not completely unlawful”

Then we will say that Islam has not prohibited the worldly love. Yes of course. Islam has prohibited to gives more preference to it. It means if to love the world more than the hereafter is unlawful. But if the topic is as against of it, means if the love of the hereafter is more predominant on worldly love is not unlawful. But do not love with Allah and Rasul (s.a.w.s.) and his progeny and with the hereafter or has insignificant love with them would be an unlawful deed. The intention of mysticism is that the heart should be free from the worldly love.

Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) has stated in `Usule-Kafi Asbah Zaran Duniya’ that Islam is opposed the worldly love that people’s heart should be desirous for the hereafter and free from the worldly love.

Again we will discuss on this matter that we are forbidden from that thing is a real love. But if love would be of short time and for Allah’s pleasure as mentioned above is praise worthy and this deed is sufficient for prosperity and safe for the system of universe. Commonly we can say that to give up the worldly love does not mean that worldly affair and responsibility of life and to keep aloof from the pleasure and lust. On the contrary it means that love of Allah and the hereafter should be firm in the heart, so that worldly affairs can perform for the sake of hereafter. It is clear that if the work is performed for Allah’s pleasure, and obey this order, would be the cause of reward of worldly life and beneficial.

23. “To accomplish the work for Allah is more beneficial”

For example if marriage and being a family member for Allah’s pleasure then surely it would be fully supported from all troubles and full of comforts and rest. But if this act would be for sensual desires, would not gain anything except troubles and perplexity. Or take an example of a building that intentions of building the structure for obey to Allah will be durable and profitable.

If one who dispose, built it again for getting benefits. Think deeply about it, you will come to know that he has built it beautifully from the outside but laid the foundation of the structure very carelessly. But if there should be Allah’s intention in the construction of the building, means the creator should not facing for his benefits. On the contrary it should be beneficial for the people so obviously Allah loves him Allah says he is the best among people who would be beneficial to others. According to other tradition that this kind of a man is the friend of Allah. If he keeps in view Allah’s will in this work, then surely the best of one’s ability will try for strength and durability. If such a man wants to build a grave for the dead person, he would build it strong.

When Saeed Bin Moa’az died, The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) himself buried him and made his grave strong and said – I know that dead body is decomposed in the grave and his body will also decompose in this way but Allah likes this whatever is done should be strong. (Tohfa tul Ahbab)

In short if a man would follow the instruction of Prophet (a.s.) and would not gall in love with the world and keep in view Allah and the hereafter and whatever he would be done, his personal and materialism need would not be included. He will try to be useful to the creation of Allah and he would be successful in both the worlds. Here by chance we write a short incident.

Noshirwan the King of Iran was passing by a village. He saw an old man planting an olive tree. He said O oldman! Your time has gone to planting a sapling because you have become an old and weak and olive tree bear fruit very late. An old man replied our ancestors planted a tree before us and we ate fruits of it. Now we are planting and our generation will get benefit from it.

Nosherwan became happy and praised him and gave him four thousand Dirhams. The old man said – every tree bear fruits once in a year and I got the fruits twice at a time. Nosherwan praised him again and gave him 4000 Dirhams again and moved away from them and said to himself, if I would wait more my whole treasure would be empty

(Anisul Darbar pg 307).

The fact of the matter is that to do good acts for Allah is an example of a farmer who sow the seeds of wheat and when the crop is ready, he gets grass along with the crop. Now if he refuses to take grass along with the crop but his godowns are filled with grass. In this way one who does any deed for Allah, Allah give him?

Reward in the hereafter and life also becomes happy. In the same way take another example of jurisdiction. If it is for the sake of Allah, it would be like the jurisdiction of Hazrat Ali (a.s.) which was full praise and justice and incidents of help of oppressed people, where took an account of their tyranny from them and gave justice to the rightful persons. But if jurisdiction would in the control of sensual and devilish desires then it would like the jurisdiction of Muaviya where people were suffering injustice usurp the rights of oppressed people. Wicked people became unrestrained and usurp the rights from the rightful persons.

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ {5} اهدِنَــــا???

24. Worldly love is the fountain head of all evils

If we search out the reasons of all evils disturbance, destructions, war, quarrels, bloodshed, dishonesty, separation, we will come to know that the reason of all these is the real love of the world only and not any other things. In opposite of this, the truth and purity of speech and character, all virtuous deeds would be implemended by any source and usable all comforts and foundation of rest, faith on Allah and the hereafter are the temporary love of the world. How nice it was that if Muslims would make their faith strong and firm on Allah and hereafter and perform their work for the sake of Allah’s pleasure, they would available comforts and ease and would get pleasure from the world. One who being disappoint from the world and make his relation firm with Allah, because the life is chaste, means his life would be an example of success and honour and virtuous character. This kind of a man never raise his hands to any one besides Allah and never afraid of any one except Allah.

25. “ Friendship of world creates evil.”

One who spends his life free from be wilderment with his intellect and knows perfectly the intention of life and very callously work day and night to obtain it. Allah points out towards his deed and states in Sure- Naml Ayat no 97 that:

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 “Whoever does good whether male or female and he is a believer, we will most certainly make him live a happy life and we will most certainly give them their reward for the best of what they did.”

(Surah Naml 27:???)

In reply of the previous question that if there is no real love of the world then system of universe will be scattered. This is against the reality, when the fact of this matter is different. In the sense that real love of the world becomes the cause of evil but the temperory love from the world becomes necessary of the faith, and makes a man happy, prosperous and peaceful.

26. “ An explanation of previous topic.”

Whatever has mentioned in the last line of previous topic has clarified that it is necessary to love to worship and hate the sin, and have temporary love with the world is the part of the faith. Secondly there are three stages of true love of the world. 1. Feel satiated from worldly love and feeled enervated from love of Allah and hereafter. This thing is completely included in the boundary infidelity and unlawfulness. 2. To love very much with the world and to be disgraced with Allah and the hereafter id prohibited by Islam. 3. This stage is the opposite of second stage. Means to be disgraced from the wordly love and to love Allah and hereafter. So this stage is also disapproved to the point of being forbidden. According to the Holy Quran and Hadith, the first and the second stages are unlawful and the third is unbecoming thing because all relevant Ayats and mentioning of Hadith would be lengthy, that is way points out towards some of them.

27.” A promise of chastisement for worshippers of the world.”

Allah has stated in the Holy Quran in Sura Yunus Ayat no 7 and 8.

إَنَّ الَّذِينَ لاَ يَرْجُونَ لِقَاءنَا وَرَضُواْ بِالْحَياةِ الدُّنْيَا وَاطْمَأَنُّواْ بِهَا وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنْ آيَاتِنَا غَافِلُونَ أُوْلَـئِكَ مَأْوَاهُمُ النُّارُ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكْسِبُونَ

“Surely those who do not hope in Our meting and are pleased with this world’s life and are content with it, and those who are heedless of Our communications.” “As for those, their abode is the fire because of what they earned.”

(Surah Yunus 10:7-8)

28. “ Four Hidden Subtle points in this Verse.”

1^st point:

There are four such words in this auspicious verse that are connected with each other and also clarify about the worldly love and the reason of burning in the fire of the hell. 1. La-Yarjeoon: Raja means hope, expectation and to get it for pleasure. If a man is aware of anything and likes it and also intends to obtain it, then this intention makes him eagar and if he will wait to get it, this anxiety is called hope if there is no expectation and no interest then this condition is called disappointment. But if has a little interest and tries to get it, then this condition is called pride. That is why La-yarjeoon means people, after the death are not convinced of eternal life in nearness of Allah. They are not the believers that they will get reward of their virtuous deeds; because they did not do any good deeds and had no hope for reward and they did not do any good work and did not expect to do it.

II Points

29. “Became happy from the worldly Life.”

A man and a live existence love the life and wants to be successful in life therefore if he becomes sure about the next life after death, he would certainly tries for his success, and he loves his short worldly life and tries for his success but according to his needs. Such a man would not satisfy on his success of his short life, on the contrary he tries for the success of his next life.

30. “Remember the native land of the traveller.”

For example the traveler means one who has to stay at some place for a long time. Now he is helpless to get all his needs here whatever he was getting in his own motherland. But he would try hard to get all his needs of his life in this country. But he will not ready to try for the success of his remaining life. on the contrary he would prefer to spend his life in his own mother land and try to get all the things that would be useful in his own native place and send it there.

This is an example of that man who believes on the hereafter. But one who is not convinced of the death after his life, he thinks that the death means to die perishes. Such a man would make all his attempts particular for the short life and would happy on his success in his short life. The moral conclusion is that to become happy on mortal life is a proof that he is disappointed from his eternal life.

31. “Respite of the worldly man.”

One who is waiting of Allah’s reward he is restless as long as he live and always tries to make preparation for the hereafter for himself. His all happiness and restlessness are temporary. He is always enthusiastic about to fulfill his desires. But those who are the seeker of pleasure of short time and do not hope for the future life, the secret of his happiness is hidden in the worldly pleasure and this is his desire and expectation.

(IV point)

32. “Ignorance from the signs of God.”

Disappointment from the hereafter and intimacy with the world is the proof that he has been forgotten the signs of Allah. The fact that if he would not be ignored from the signs of God that are the evidences of the hereafter and also the Holy Quran has sucutioned on many places then surely he would not forget the life after the death and worldly pleasure cannot convey dignity and he always remain in search of success of eternity.

33. “ Abode in fire for the worldly worshippers.”

The explanation of an auspicious verse of the Holy Quran is that one who is the seeker of the world instead of the hereafter and loves the world only and gets comforts and rest from it and forgets the hereafter, his abode is in the hell and he would be burnt in the fire, whatever has earned by means of body and soul’s sins.

34. “ Disaffection from remembrance of Allah”

Our Holy Quran states in Sura Najm Ayat no 29-30.

فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّى عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

“Therefore in turn aside from him who turns his back upon Our reminder and does not desire any thing but this worldly life.”

(Surah Najm 53:29)

ذَلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدَى

“That is their goal of knowledge. Surely you Lord knows best him who goes astray from His path.”

(Surah Najm 53:30)

Again Allah states Sura Suad Ayat 26. that

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ بِمَا نَسُوا يَوْمَ الْحِسَابِ

“Those who go astray from the path of Allah, they shall surely have a severe punishment because they forget the day of reckoning.”

(Surah Saud 38:26)

The explanation of both these ayats that those who go astray and forget about Allah and the day of reckoning and his interest and love is attached to the world, he is surely lose his way from the right path. One who deviates from the way of Allah and forget the rewards of the hereafter and becomes pleased with the worldly life, the severe punishment is fixed for him. This is worthy considering that depend of this matter is secure on the truth because one who turn away from the fact of Allah and the hereafter, and not desirous of seeking for help and only dependent of the worldly life and love the world by heart instead of the hereafter and make all his abode is in the hell, whether he refuses verbally Allah and the reckoning day and say that he does not believe in any life except the life of the world or if he agrees of Allah and the hereafter with his tongue. As we have thrown light while discussing the topic of faith in detail. That benefit of confessing by the tongue, purity, marriage, inheritance and besides others worldly strengthening is not effective for the hereafter. No any other things can save from the chastisement of the hereafter except pure belief.

35. “ Love of the world has been sealed the hearts.”

Our Holy Quran has stated in Sura Naml Ayat no 107 to 109.???

“This is because they love this world’s life more than the hereafter, and because Allah does not guide the unbelieving people” “These are they on whose hearts and hearing and their eyes Allah has set a seal, and these are the heedless ones” “No doubt that in the hereafter they will be the losers.”

(Surah Naml 27:)

An explanation of these auspicious ayats is that these people loved only the worldly life and gave preference more than the hereafter and deprived of divine help, that is why they hacked completely from the hereafter and became worldly. Therefore their heart set a seal means their understanding perception restricted up till the world only and could not obtain consciousness of Allah and the hereafter. Their ears became deaf hearing the guidance and they became blind to see all that things that can remind them of the hereafter. Now they have no ability of understanding perception and no ability of response to sell or vision. They absorbed in deep sleep, that they deprived from the faith and deeds that can be assurance for the success in the hereafter. No doubt these people would be in great loss.

36. “The last limit of misleading.”

Our Holy Quran states in Sura Ibrahim Ayat no.3.

الَّذِينَ يَسْتَحِبُّونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى الآخِرَةِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا أُوْلَـئِكَ فِي ضَلاَلٍ بَعِيدٍ

“And woe to the unbelievers on account of the severe chastisement (To) those who love this world’s life more than the hereafter, and turn away from Allah’s path and desire to make it crooked; these are in a great error.”

(Surah Ibrahim 3:3)

37. “Neglect a grievous day before them.”

إِنَّ هَؤُلَاء يُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَ وَيَذَرُونَ وَرَاءهُمْ يَوْمًا ثَقِيلًا

“Surely these love the transitory and neglect a grievous day before them.”

(Surah Dahr Ayat 27)

فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَى

“Then as for him who is inordinate, And prefers the life of this world, Then surely the hell, that is the abode.”

(Surah Naziyat Ayat 39)

وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَى

“While the hereafter is better and more lasting.”

(Sura Ala Ayat no 17)

Sura Bani Israel Ayat no 18-19

مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُ فِيهَا مَا نَشَاء لِمَن نُّرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلاهَا مَذْمُومًا مَّدْحُورًا وَمَنْ أَرَادَ الآخِرَةَ وَسَعَى لَهَا سَعْيَهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَأُولَئِكَ كَانَ سَعْيُهُم مَّشْكُورًا

“Who ever desires this present life, We hasten to him therein what We please for whomsoever We desire then We assign to him the hell; he shall enter it dispised, driven away.

(Surah Bani Isreal Ayat 39)

And whoever desires the hereafter and strives for it as he ought to strive and he is a believer, (as for) these, their striving shall surely be accepted.”

38. “On converging way of the world and the hereafter.”

An explanation of this auspicious verse of the Holy Quran that a man is standing on the converging way and he has to select one way whether he adopt the faith to intimacy of the world or he loves the world or belief on the hereafter. To believe in one means he refuses another. This is the reason that the world and the hereafter are interpreted as opposite of each other, East and West and water and fire. But as it is mentioned that faith on the hereafter or temporary love of the world cannot collect on one place, on the contrary they are also closely related to each other.

39. “ Three Groups.”

People can be divided into three groups. One group is firm on the faith of the hereafter till the last breathe. The second group love the world only and strange of the hereafter and remain on this same belief till last. The third group select the worldly love refused of the hereafter or sometimes against of it. The first group is in the companions of the right wing of army as Allah has interpreted. The second group has admitted in the companions of North and many ayats have revelaed. The decision of the third group is in the hand of Allah, when good and evil will be weigh and Allah the Almighty will decide Allah the Almighty states in Sura Baraat Ayat no 102 that- “And others have confessed their faults, they have mingled a good deed and an evil one; may be Allah will turn to them (mercifully); surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.”

40. “Worldly Love is the source of all evils.”

Imam Ja’far-us-Sadiq (a.s.) quotes that worldly love is the source of all evils (Uoole Kafi, Chapter Love of the world).

If we consider carefully on the since such as infidelity, polytheism, hypocrisy, pride, haughtiness, jealousy etc. we will come to know that these all are related with the worldly love as our head is connected with the body. Because if the head separates from the body. The body becomes motionless. In the same way if worldly love would come to end then the sins that will manifest would be finished by itself.

41. “Perplexity at the time of death”

Hazrat The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) stated Be mindful of the death. Aware of this, that there is no remedy of the death. Death and whatever is in it came with pleasure and comforts. And those who love the hereafter, their return is towards the garden. They are the people whose attempts are peculiar for the hereafter. Their inclination and love is also for the hereafter. And those who were fond of deceitful world and their efforts were for this world, the death whatever so in it brought misfortune along with it and they were turned back to the hell of fire. This is clarified from this Hadith that people who are fond of world involved in perplexity and fear at the time of death. These are same people their inclination and love of the world is peculiar for the world and are busy in the worldly life, their hearts are emptied from the love of the hereafter and they do not try by virtuous deeds for the hereafter.

42. “A story of Hazrat Isa (a.s.) and his companions”

His narration has been quoted by Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq(a.s.) (from Usul al-Kafi) that Hazrat Janabe Isa Bin Marium (a.s.) was passing through a city where all people and animals and birds were dead at one place. Hazrat Isa (a.s.) said: No doubt in it that this is the result of Allah’s wrath and they all have died because if they would die naturally then certainly the others would have buried them.

His companion said-O Ruhullah! Pray to Allah to make them alive again so that they show us what was their fault. And we can take a lesson from them and we will remain aloof from them.

Therefore, Hazrat Isa (a.s.) prayed to Allah. Allah said: O Isa! Call them. When the sun sets, Hazarat Isa (a.s.) went to the hillock and called them loudly, O people of this city! One of them deceased replied at once. “I am here O Ruhullah” – Hazrat Isa (a.s.) said, Alas what was your behaviour in the world? He said “Idol worshipping, worldly love and fear of old age, boasting and becoming neglect in fun and sport.”

Shaikh bhai (r.a.) has written this Hadith in his book ‘Arbaeen’ and also gave details and reports briefly that idol means transgression means to exceed the limit. There are many meanings of this word such as “soothsayer”, “devil”, “beloved”, etc. A man who is ahead in misleading or he prevents other people worshipping to Allah or he worships the idols. But according to this Hadith idol means the chief of the tribes, who invites people towards the misleading. The word ‘idol’ used by decease in reply to Hazrat Isa (a.s.), clarifies the truth that one who obeys the idol means he has worshipped the idols. Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) has stated, one who obeys the other God then as a fact he has been worshipped him. Shaikh bhai has proved this matter from the verses of the Holy Quran and traditions and states that now when we came to know that worship in the place of obedience is humility. In the present time many people are engaged in soothing their mean and beastly lustfulness. As a matter of fact this beastly lusts are in their beloved idols that they worship and it is strange that they do not understand that what they are doing. Hence, O people, leaving the Almighty aside and made many Gods for yourself and worship them. This is very strange that still you claim for His oneness. Allah says, O Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) have you seen these men have made their carnality their Gods. Be it known that in reply of Hazrat Isa (a.s.)’s call the decease made him count their attributes that worship of idols, worldly love, less fear of God, fun and sport, worldly comforts and more desires of worldly pleasures are all suitable to people of that era. If consider carefully, will come to know that most people have no fear of God and are completely careless from the chastisement of Allah. Hence this Hadith points out towards the chastisement of Allah (means the duration between the death of sinners and the day of reckoning). As, this subject based on consensus. Many ayats of the Holy Quran and repeatedly Hadith are the proof of this affair and it is obligatory to keep a little faith but its detail means how and when will occur? We know it but not entrusted. On the contrary the fact is that mostly the part of this belief is higher than our sense and wisdom. But the command that is obligatory on us is that to keep aloof from the sins that become the reason of coming chastisement. Therefore, we should adopt the good virtuous deeds and character that can become surety of the success in the hereafter. Hazrat Shaikh has copied out a tradition from Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) that there are one thousand valleys between the world and the hereafter and the death is the easiest way among them.

In reply, the decease has to say, I was with them but I was not participate in their deeds and behaviour. This is worth considering matter because it is incumbent on every believers to prevent the guilty persons from evil and if he does not agree, he should keep aloof from them otherwise their end would be like them [Shaikh bhai (r.a.) has taken a support of the Holy Quran and Hadith. Refer the book Arbaeen].

Hazrat Isa (a.s.) said, what was the condition of your love with the world. The decease said we loved the world so much as much as a child loves his mother when the world show favour on us, we come happy and when the world turns face from us we become sad. Hazrat Janab-e-Isa (a.s.) asked how did you worship your idol? The decease said – we obeyed the sinner people. Hazrat Isa (a.s.) said – what was your result and what about your future life? He said we passed the night happily but we seized into the prison in the morning. Hazrat Isa (a.s.) asked him, what is this prison? He said- these are the mountains full of fire, and its flame and it will enrage till the day of reckoning. Janabe Isa (a.s.) said – what did you say in this state of affairs? He answered we said – send us again in the world so that we do some virtuous deeds. We were answered – you are telling alie. Hazrat Isa (a.s.) said – curse on you, why have not the other people discussed with me? He said – Ya, Ruhullah! Our mouth is tied with the fire chain and angry angels give them punishment. I was passing my life among them but I was not from them. But when the punishment descended on them, I was also involved in the torment. I am hanging with my hair at the side of the hell. I don’t know, I will be hang like this or will be delivered.

Hazrat Janabe Isa (a.s.) turned his face towards his companions and said, O the believers of Allah! Eat the dry bread with salt and sleep on the dust is a great virtue and there are safety and welfare of the world and the hereafter is hidden. This incident clarifies that how worldly love is a mortal sin. According to this tradition, the whole community and worldly love destroyed because of punishment from Allah.

43. “Friendship of world makes sense paralytic”

Hazrat Amirul Mo-mineen (a.s.) says, friendship of the world makes the sense paralytic. Because one who loves anything he can’t see its faults. In the same way one who loves the world heartily, he cannot feel its mortality and declining, calamities and pleasures. Even its friendship makes ears deaf and for this reason ears cannot hear the truth and fact and do not accept the guidance and even this affair is suitable for the descending punishment and destruction.

44. “The world and the hereafter are the worst enemies of each other”

(Arabic Ayat from Nahjul Balagah and Gurul-ul-Hukm)

No doubt, that the world and the hereafter are two enemies far off each other at a distant. These are two such ways that they go to their limits. Those who love the world could follow it and they will be enemies of the hereafter. They both are different like East and West. One who will near one of them would be far from another. They both are like two women whose husband is one. Means the world and the hereafter are at the far distance but both are like co-wife of each other. Because most people gave status to both of them as there wive. They need both of them and always try to obtain both but they are unknown that both cannot be at one place. This has to be declared that worldly love is synonymous like to separate from the hereafter. If to give importance to any one is like to degrade another one.

Hazrat Janabe Risalat Ma’ab (s.a.w.s.) states in (Behar Vol16) the life of the next world are bitter than the comforts and pleasures of the worldly life. Future life is sweeter than to bear tornaments of the worldly life. In short, the explanation of the command of Imam (a.s.) is that worldly love is malice something going along with the hereafter. This is clarified from this manner that worldly love not only a mortal sin but it is also infidelity.

Group of people have been divided into three groups. The first group that does not have interest of the world and second group has love with the world, but when the truth approach before their eyes, they bow down their heads. They eat subsistence of Allah and also fear of Allah. Allah will forgive this group because of the first group. The third group is very affectionate with the world. They pick up whatever comes in front of them. They burn dry and wet together to fulfil their wish and do not care of the truth. This group is going to be destroyed and there is no remedy for their deliverance. Now you should try to include yourself with the first group and if cannot, then you should be join in the second group.

(From Maktoob pg.no.167)

The verification of above record this detail is enough and if needs a lengthy tradition, you can refer the books

(“Kafi and Beharul Anwaar Vol.16.”)

Second stage – where love of the world would be given priority.

If the love of the world and its support increased from the love of Allah and Rasul (s.a.w.s.), the day of resurrection and Ahlebait (a.s.) and religion then be it known that in this condition love of the world is unlawful and a mortal sin. Repentance is obligatory for it and it is necessary to act oppositely of it, means give more priority of the love of Allah and the hereafter instead of love of the world. Our Holy Quran has pointed out in many places about this. For instance, we get opportunity to present some points.

Allah, the Almighty, states in Sura Tauba Ayat no.24,

قُلْ إِن كَانَ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَانُكُمْ وَأَزْوَاجُكُمْ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْ وَأَمْوَالٌ اقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَتِجَارَةٌ تَخْشَوْنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَاكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُم مِّنَ اللّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَجِهَادٍ فِي سَبِيلِهِ فَتَرَبَّصُواْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ اللّهُ بِأَمْرِهِ وَاللّهُ لاَ يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ

“Say; if your fathers and your sons and your brethren and your mates and your kinsfolk and property which you have acquired, and the slackness of trade which you fear and dwellings which you like are dearer to you then Allah and His Apostles and striving in His way, then wait till Allah brings about His command; and Allah does not guide the transgressing people.”

(Surah Tauba 9:24)

45. “An explanation of the verse”

One who recognise his True Benefactor and put himself under His obligation and believe that whatever he has are all granted by Allah and all worldly things are subdued for him then love of Allah will win his heart and this recognition would as much as deep in his heart, and heart would be as much as pure, he loves him more thus for a day will come that he would not give meriting to love anyone besides Allah and thus for he would not have predilection for himself besides Allah. He would love anything he would love for the sake of his love. This would be the stage when he and all the things relating him he would like to sacrifice in the way of Allah. (If consider the faithfulness of a dog for his master, it will sacrifice his life on his master. This example is enough to be ashamed the wise man that his love from Allah is very less than a dog. Some incidents are mentioned about faithful dog in a book Dastan-E-Hami Shaghuft).

46. “Love of God is closely related to his friends”

Love of God means to show affection to His Apostle and His chosen people. Janab Sarwar-E-Kounain (s.a.w.s.) states

“Love Allah for His bounties and love me for the sake of Allah and be friendly with my progeny because of me.”

(From Beharaj 7 pg.529 – Sahih Tirmidhi Vol.13 pg. 201).

It is narrated in Tirmidhi that,

“Love Allah because He grants you sustenance. Be friendly with me because of Allah and love my Ahlebait (a.s.) because of me.”

Because love with Rasul (s.a.w.s.) is love of Allah. In the same way the sign of love with Janabe The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) that to love his progeny and his relatives. It is essential that true love with Rasul (s.a.w.s.) should be more than love of your relatives. Allah states in Sura Shura Ayat no.23

ذَلِكَ الَّذِي يُبَشِّرُ اللَّهُ عِبَادَهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ قُل لَّا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبَى وَمَن يَقْتَرِفْ حَسَنَةً نَّزِدْ لَهُ فِيهَا حُسْنًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ شَكُورٌ

“Say; I do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives.”

(Surah Shura 42:23)

Refer Beharul Anwaar Vol.7 for more details. Here at this place we content on a few Hadith of Shia and Sunni.

 “The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) stated, I swear of Him no one of you can a true believer until he loves me more than his father, children and all others.

(From Beharaj 7, pg.529, Masuad Dalmi, Favard Nashi Shahbul Imam Behaqi).

No one can bring faith on Allah until he loves me more than his soul, more than his family and children and does not love his own dignity more than my dignity

(Kanzul Amal Vol. 1 pg.11)

The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said - None could take a step ahead until he wouldn’t be asked about four things on the day of resurrection. (1) How did you pass your life? (2) How did you spend your time when you were young? (3) From where did you obtain your property and where did you spend it? (4) What was your position in the love of Ahlebait (a.s.)? This is the reason that our ancestors believed that they have become neglect instead of extreme love with Ahlebait (a.s.) and they were afraid that perhaps they had no conjecture of their love that they can give superiority to any other love on this love.

Sura Momenin Ayat 60. Our Holy Quran states that

وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْتُونَ مَا آتَوا وَّقُلُوبُهُمْ وَجِلَةٌ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ رَاجِعُونَ

“And those who give what they give (in alms) while their hearts are full of fear that to their Lord they must return.”

(Surah Momineen 23:60)

Amirul Mo-mineen (a.s.) stated, swear of Allah, these people think they have become neglect in their love and obediency besides their extreme love and obediency.

47. “Love of religion is the love of Allah”

It is necessary to love with Allah and His religion and to obey His commands should be fulfil in this way that one should be happy on the loss of worldly life instead of religion and faith and lay down his short life for the sake of future life and incur the worldly loss to protect himself from sustain of the hereafter so as long as the worldly desire vanish from his heart friendship of world only is the beginning of the love of the hereafter.

This is the fact of belief. One who is the bearer of this attribute will surely get deliverance. His connection will be with the companions of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) but one who will be of opposite attribute, according to his view, the worldly life, property, rank and dignity and worldly comforts will be very much dear from the love of Allah, Rasul (s.a.w.s.) Ahle-bait (a.s.) and religion of Islam. He would be ignoring them easily for the sake of world. In oppose of worldly loss he will give more priority to the religious loss. He will love perishable life of the world than the life of the next world.

This kind of a man would be more anxious of his long and comfortable life and being careful from the next world and try hard for the world. If he incurs a loss in the worldly life, he would left with no choice and will try to compense for it. But if he is sustaining a loss in the remaining life such as if he commits a sin he would not care for it. In short such people are always ready to lay down his future life for the sake of world and this is the sign of sinful person. Means he who is the sinner who turns away from the right path of his deliverance and success and disobey the commands of Allah and Rasul (s.a.w.s.). It is clear that one who becames a sinner, he is disappointed from the guidance, favour, divine help and it is true that Allah does not give guidance to the sinful community. Therefore it is necessary for the sinner that he should await for the punishment in the world and in hereafter.

48. “ Therefore check your own account.”

Hence it is necessary to all who believe in Allah and Rasul (s.a.w.s.) to search their heart and deduce that his love for Allah and his Apostles is more stranger from the love of the world and thanks Allah and tries hard to increase more love for Allah. But if state of affairs is different then it is obligatory to mourn for his condition and tries to reform and should not sit idle unless he would not confident that his love is stronger for Allah and the hereafter.

49. “Are we the seekers of the happiness of Ahle-bait (a.s.)?”

It is obligatory on every Muslims that they should give more priority to the love for Ahle-bait (a.s.) than the worldly love. The demand of justice is that he should deduce his heart that how much he has completed his duty. Does he love Ahle-bait (a.s.)? or the worldly pleasure? Is he the seeker of the higher authority or besides the displeasure of Ahle-bait (a.s.) does he want to fulfil his desire? If after the consideration comes to know that he is fond of worldly love more than the love of Ahle-bait (a.s.) then he should understands that he has become neglect to done his duty for Allah. It is necessary that he should work hard to change his attribute and should not be proud of the Hadith like love for Ali (a.s.), the status of Ali (a.s.)’s companions and their rank and dignity. This Hadith are for whom, whose love is stronger for the world than love of the progeny of Muhammad (s.a.w.s.). This kind of a man can be the lover of the world but not the true believer of Ahle-bait (a.s.). It happens sometimes that present hearty love for the world makes man hatred from Allah, Rasul (s.a.w.s.) and Ahle-bait (a.s.). We are related two Hadithes regarding this argument.

50. “Ahle-bait (a.s.) consider them their enemies.”

(From Tehzib Babul- Mukatib vol. 6, pg 376- Wafi Bab-al-Sharaet Lazan and Ala Kamta-un Tehzib Waqfiya wa-ul Kafi.)

Shaikh Toosi has copied out from Zaid Bin Ali that a man came to Janab Amirul Mo-mineen (a.s.) and said O Amirul Mo-mineen (a.s.) swear of Allah, I am your friend for the sake of Allah. Hazrat Ali (a.s.) said but I consider you an enemy of Allah. He said why do you do like this? Hazrat Ali (a.s.) said you have taken out contract to give the call for prayers and you are taking wages to recite the Holy Quran. I have heard from Janabe Risalat-Ma’ab (s.a.w.s.) that one who takes wages for reciting for the Holy Quran, his reward would be the same as he has collected in the world.

51. “Friendship of Ahle-Bait (a.s.) is the obediency of Allah”

(From Nahjul Balagah) Hazrat Amirul Mo-mineen (a.s.) said – one he who is the friend of Allah who obeys Him. If he has no relationship from Him (such as Salman (r.a.) and Abu Zar (r.a.) and he is the enemy of Hazrat Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) who do not obey Allah whether why not he would be of the near relative such as (Abu Jahal and Abu Lahab) Imam Mohamed Baqir (a.s.) addressed to Janab-e-Jabir and said – One who pay homage to Allah is our friend and one who disobey Allah is our enemy and he cannot obtain our guardianship without virtuous deed and fear of God.

52. “ Love of Allah is the motive of all good Virtues.”

An explanation of this discussion is that Allah, A’le Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) and love of the hereafter is opposed of worldly love. One to be stronger than other is the proof. To give importance to one is the mismanagement for other. Such as the love of the world is the foundation of every sin. In the same way the love of Allah and His believers is the motive of every virtuous deeds. Because if the love of the world banish from the heart completely and love of Allah win the heart, he will not commit a sin and he will not debarred from any virtuous deeds. He will be always safe and respectable from all bad deeds.

53. “ Twenty peculiarities of love of Ahle-bait (a.s.).”

Hazrat Saduq (r.a.) has copied out from The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) that Hazrat (s.a.w.s.) said- One who gets love from Imams from my Ahle-bait (a.s.), no doubt he is fortunate to get rewards from the world and the hereafter. Because their is twenty peculiarities in the love of Ahle-bait (a.s.) ten from the world and ten from the hereafter. The worldly peculiarities are as under:

Annoyance from the world.

Temptation on the good deeds.

Keep aloof from the sin.

Love of devotion.

Repent before the death.

Fondness of waking all night in worship.

Disappointment from the things that are under control of others.

To obey Allah’s commands and save oneself from that is forbidden.

Hate the world.

Generosity.

Ten Peculiarities of the hereafter

Records of deeds will not check.

Records of deeds will not weigh.

Records of deeds will be given in the right hand.

Deliverance from the hell will be written for him.

His faces will become bright.

He will be blessed person.

He will intercess for his 100 relatives.

Allah’s mercy will be accompanied with him.

Heavenly crown will be on his head.

He will be enter in the Garden without checking an account.

If asks that the love is a delicate perception and a man after being an intelligent, becomes capable to understand the delicacy and hardship of the life and his love increases by the natural feelings and this love having a separate home in his heart because of this reason. In this way be reduced up to this, it becomes very difficult to banish from the heart. Therefore in this state of affairs how is it possible to impose him to banish love from the heart. Secondly Allah, Rasul (s.a.w.s.) Masoomins (a.s.) and the day of reckoning all these things are interpretation of human beings and beyond his feelings. Because the human has not seen this thing and not felt then how can it be possible to compeled him for this love?

4. “Wisdom draws his attention towards his errors.”

His answer has been given in the previous chapter but the importance of this topic will be narrated in other words. A man being and intelligent and responsible when he can make distinction between the perishable things with the help of instruction of the Holy Quran and can find the truth of eternity and does not pay attention to the worldly life due to its mortality then this kind of a man can feel his previous errors and tries to remove from his mind and try to search his worldly pleasure and comforts in his eternal life. This is the reasons that in many Suras of the Holy Quran have reminded about the perisable of the world, declination and inferority and many examples are given about this so that the muslims can understand the truth of life and being unrelated with the perishable world and loves eternal life. As we have mentioned this truth in the previous chapters in details that to banish the world love from the heart is in the control of a wise man.

55. “The standard of Allah’s love is mystic knowledge and not consideration.”

This is not correct to say that a man cannot love the things and which he has not seen him. There are so many people who have not seen a man with his own eyes or they were not his companions but only heard about him and became enamoured of him. Due to this came to know that a man liked natural inherent perfection. If a man considers about creation of universe and feels that there are uncountable devices, bounties and eternal blessings of life then surely the love will create for his heart for Almighty. This is the reason that our Holy Quran has mentioned about Allah’s blessings in many places. So that, a man can recognize his True Benefactor and appriciate His blessings and becomes captivated of Him. This is the path where fruits of pure life are available to him.

56. “Then why not Allah’s love accommodate in the heart?”

Now, the question is that what is the reason that why the hearts are emptied from Allah’s love. The reason is that many people have not turn out from beastly nature, lustfulness and selfishness. They cannot take a lesson from any thing because they have not recognized their True benefactor therefore it is manifests that they cannot love Him. Allah has stated in Sura Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) Ayat no 12 that

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يَتَمَتَّعُونَ وَيَأْكُلُونَ كَمَا تَأْكُلُ الْأَنْعَامُ وَالنَّارُ مَثْوًى لَّهُمْ

“And those who disbelieve enjoy themselves and eat as the beasts eat, and the fire is their abode.”

(Surah Muhammad 47:23)

Then consider about love for Muhammad and Ale Muhammad (s.a.w.s.). Who is the wise man who knowns the personality of Holy Prophet’s human ethics and spiritual perfection and besides more than wisdom. Consider them as incomparable beings. Hearing their uncountable miracles and pay homage to them but then also does not love them?

One whose heart is free from their love, his existence is emptied from humanity or he is deprived from the ability of recognition. One who has more capacity to understand humanity and recognition, his love and his connection would more deep also.

7. “Recognition of the Hereafter and his affection.”

Love of the next world is also like it. Now if a man considers on a few verses of the Holy Quran that are concearned with the moral and uncountable blessings of the hereafter there certainly he would be fond of it. But as a term his heart should be pure from the worldly desires, such a man would be desirous of the death because he thinks the death is the source of fulfill the promise of Allah. Hazrat Amirul Mo-mineen (a.s.) cause to count the good qualities of the virtuous people, says- “ If there would no existence of the death that has been settled by Allah for them then their souls would not be satisfied in fear of punishment and desire for the reward for a moment.”

(From Nahjul Balaga)

The commands of Amirul Mo-mineen (a.s.) regarding Paradise and virtues of people are as under:

(From Nahjul Balagha Khutba 129)

O Allah! You have created the next world and settled a guest where food and drink are available there are beautiful houries and lovely young male servants in paradise. There are palaces and flowing canals, fields are fruits in paradise. Then you sent Your Apostle (Hazrat Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) to call people towards Him, but people did not give answer on his invitation You showed inclination to it but they didn’t agree and also increased their courage but did not be fond of and on the contrary opposed of it they turned towards the deceitful world. No doubt they became disgraced eating carrion. They made peace with each other on the basis of friendship of the world. One who loved the things it made him blind and weaked the heart. He sees whole with his strange eyes and he hears with the ears that has no ability to hear.. No doubt that worldly lustfulness has made him foolish. He loses his wits and made his mind captured of it. Hence he becomes the slave of the world as well as its lustfulness.”

There is a lengthy discussion to obtain the love from Allah and His dependents and their status. If Allah grants His help and guidance. We will publish a separate book of this subject.

58. “ Greatest verse on dignity of worldly Love.”

Allah the Almighty states in sura Wal-Fajr Ayat 20.

وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

 “And you love wealth with exceeding love.”

(Surah Wal-Fajr 89:20)

Allah rebuke those people through this auspicious verse, who love extremely with the property and worry about it every time that how can they increase their wealth and how can they keep safe for them, whether it is unlawful and they do not like to spend it besides it is obligatory, they feel hard to spend from it. Their behaviour is the proof of their worldly love and lack of interest from Allah, and are always ready to sacrifices their life of the next world for the sake of world.

This auspicious Ayat argues on this matter that ordinary love of the world is not unlawful that obtain mastery over the love of the hereafter. Excellency of a man is that he does not keep eternal love of the world.

59. “Those who have given priority to worldly comforts on the tranquility of the hereafter.”

Allah states in Sura Tauba in Ayat 38.

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ مَا لَكُمْ إِذَا قِيلَ لَكُمُ انفِرُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ اثَّاقَلْتُمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ أَرَضِيتُم بِالْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا مِنَ الآخِرَةِ فَمَا مَتَاعُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا فِي الآخِرَةِ إِلاَّ قَلِيلٌ

“O you who believe! What (excuse) have you that when is said to you, Go forth in Allah’s way, you should incline heavily to earth* (This refers to the Tabuk Expedition) are you converted with this world’s life instead of the hereafter? But the provision of this world’s life compared with the hereafter is but little.”

(Surah Taubah 9:38)

Allah has given strict warning to muslims those who love extremely with the world and its comforts and do not give priority to the life of the next world. This is the condition of their world’s love that they themselves reliquish from the hereafter and they are the seekers of worldly pleasure only whether why not the preparations of the hereafter for his distruction. Though it is obligatory to bring faith on Allah and on the day of reckoning that his condition should be opposite. Love of hereafter should be predominant so much that he would ignore from the worldly life for the sake of the hereafter and lay down their life in the way of Allah. It is clear that in this states of affair no question arises to love the wealth and worldly pleasures.

60. “A verse of requiring attention.”

Sura Qasa Ayat 76.

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُ قَوْمُهُ لَا تَفْرَحْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفَرِحِينَ

“When his people said to him; Do not exult, Surely Allah does not love the exultant.”

(Surah Qasas 28:76)

 Sura Moamin Ayat 75.

???ذَلِكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَمْرَحُونَ

“That is because you exulted in the land unjustly and because you behave insolently.”

(Surah Moamin 40:75)

Raghib the writer in Mufradat that Farah means cheerful. Be happy for sake of worldly pleasure. Applicable of happiness depends on eating, drinking, wearing and other pleasure, and not on bad pleasures Marah means excess in happiness.

Sura Luqman Ayat 18 Allah says:

وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمْشِ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ

“Nor go about in the land exulting over much.”

(Surah Luqman 31:18)

Sura Anam Ayat 44. Allah says:

فَلَمَّا نَسُواْ مَا ذُكِّرُواْ بِهِ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَبْوَابَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى إِذَا فَرِحُواْ بِمَا أُوتُواْ أَخَذْنَاهُم بَغْتَةً فَإِذَا هُم مُّبْلِسُونَ

“But when they neglect that which they had been admonished. We opened for them the doors of all things, until when they rejoiced in what they were given We seized them suddenly; then lo! They were in utter despair”

(Surah Anam 6:44)

Surah Ale Imran Ayat 187. Allah says:

وَإِذَ أَخَذَ اللّهُ مِيثَاقَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ الْكِتَابَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلاَ تَكْتُمُونَهُ فَنَبَذُوهُ وَرَاء ظُهُورِهِمْ وَاشْتَرَوْاْ بِهِ ثَمَناً قَلِيلاً فَبِئْسَ مَا يَشْتَرُونَ

“Do not think those who rejoice for what they have done and love that they should be praised for what they have not done-so do by no means think them to be safe from the chastisement and they shall have a painful chastisement.”

(Surah Ale Imran 3:187)

Two attributes of infidels and hypocrites are mentioned in this verse and have promised for the chastisement from Allah. That is why it is obligatory on every muslims that they should abstain from these two attributes.

One of them is to behave boastfully it is good completing the work, whether it is good or bed and has completed for the worldly desires. Secondly, he should prefer the attribute for himself of which he is not suitable for it or whatever he has not done and then also people praise him and honour him.

Shaikh Tibri states in Jamul-Jawama that this ayat can be suitable for that man who did the good deeds and then behave boastfully. One who prefers this for him that people praise him.

This is recorded in Tafsir Muqatenat-ur Durar that this ayat is suitable for all, who have done virtuous deeds and behave boastfully on it. He likes this for himself that people praise his deeds that are not suitable for him.

Fakhruddin Razi states in his Tafsire Kabira that this ayat has revealed because the Jews made changes in Tavret and gave wrong explanation and made people go astray. They were not happy only on their behaviour but they wanted that people praised their religiousness, truthfulness and their exalt behaviour.

Allamah Razi states that this is true that majority of people is dependent of this temperaments because majority of people try to obtain the world by lame excuses and when they succeed they become happy and like that people appreciate their religiousness, truthfulness and good virtues.

Aradbeli quotes in his book Zabdatul Bayan Bab-al-zakat pg. 207.it is not improbable that this ayat argues about praising of any person’s deeds whether he did it or not or on the contrary happiness is settled unlawful in both conditions. Though this ayat is common and does not point out towards particular thing because exulting after accomplish the work is unlawful. But to become happy is not the part of boastfulness, so this is rejected.

According to the Hadith boastfulness is forbidden and this auspicious ayat also points out towards it. Such as Janabe The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said one who praises the world would be mourn. According to the tradition of Idat-al-Da’i that to behave boastfully is one of the perishable things. Janabe The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said- three things are the causes of destruction:

To follow miserliness.

Sensuality to satisfy one’s desire.

Behave boastfully.

To behave boastfully makes his deeds wasted and to be happy of one’s deed and thinks ourselves free from sins is boastfulness that becomes the cause of destruction. But if to becomes happy on his good deeds and seek with humility and lowliness in Allah’s court and also thanks to Allah, is a good and lawful deed. Janab-E-Amirul Mominin (a.s.) stated one who is a true believer who becomes happy for his good virtue and becomes sad on his bad deeds. Aradbeli the scholars says that Gazali has narrated a tradition that if it is correct then we are in destruction. That tradition is that some one praised about a man in the presence of Janabe The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.). Hazrat (s.a.w.s.) said — if he is happy and agree on your praise, and then he is one of the hellish people. The scholar says, this auspicious verse is enough to prove this Hadith’s correctness.