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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الزهد
Chapters on Zuhd
بَابُ : الْهَمِّ بِالدُّنْيَا
Chapter: Being concerned with this world
Sunan Ibn Majah 4107 — Being concerned with this world
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ , حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دَاوُدَ , عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ زَائِدَةَ , عَنْ أَبِيهِ , عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ الْوَالِبِيِّ , عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ , قَالَ : وَلَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا قَدْ رَفَعَهُ , قَالَ : " يَقُولُ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ : يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ , تَفَرَّغْ لِعِبَادَتِي أَمْلَأْ صَدْرَكَ غِنًى , وَأَسُدَّ فَقْرَكَ , وَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ , مَلَأْتُ صَدْرَكَ شُغْلًا , وَلَمْ أَسُدَّ فَقْرَكَ " .
´(Abu) Khalid Al-Walibi narrated from Abu Hurairah and he (one of the narrators) said:` “I do not know except that he attributed it to the Prophet (ﷺ)” – “Allah says: ‘O son of Adam, devote yourself to My worship, and I will fill your heart with contentment and take care of your poverty; but if you do not do that, then I will fill your heart with worldly concerns and will not take care of your poverty.’”
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
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The primary purpose of human creation is worship; the objective of earning a livelihood is merely to acquire enough physical strength to fulfill Allah’s commands as they ought to be fulfilled.
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To be free for worship means that in one’s daily schedule, fundamental importance should be given to worship, and even during the pursuit of worldly necessities, one should intend to comply with Allah’s commands, so that these actions too become acts of worship.
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In religious and worldly deeds, obligatory acts (fara’id) have precedence over voluntary acts (nawafil). Therefore, if the performance of a voluntary act affects the fulfillment of an obligatory act, priority should be given to the obligatory act, and the voluntary act should be postponed to another suitable time.
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The primary purpose of human creation is worship; the objective of earning a livelihood is merely to acquire enough physical strength to fulfill Allah’s commands as they ought to be fulfilled.
➋
To be free for worship means that in one’s daily schedule, fundamental importance should be given to worship, and even during the pursuit of worldly necessities, one should intend to comply with Allah’s commands, so that these actions too become acts of worship.
➌
In religious and worldly deeds, obligatory acts (fara’id) have precedence over voluntary acts (nawafil). Therefore, if the performance of a voluntary act affects the fulfillment of an obligatory act, priority should be given to the obligatory act, and the voluntary act should be postponed to another suitable time.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 4107
