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صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الزهد والرقائقThe Book of Zuhd and Softening of Hearts
باب مَا جَاءَ أَنَّ الدُّنْيَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَجَنَّةُ الْكَافِرِChapter: The World as a Prison for the Believer and a Paradise for the Disbeliever Explained
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ سَوَّادٍ الْعَامِرِيُّ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ، أَنَّ بَكْرَ بْنَ سَوَادَةَ حَدَّثَهُ ، أَنَّ يَزِيدَ بْنَ رَبَاحٍ هُوَ أَبُو فِرَاسٍ مَوْلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ حَدَّثَهُ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : " إِذَا فُتِحَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ فَارِسُ وَالرُّومُ أَيُّ قَوْمٍ أَنْتُمْ ؟ ، قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ نَقُولُ : كَمَا أَمَرَنَا اللَّهُ ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أَوْ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ تَتَنَافَسُونَ ثُمَّ تَتَحَاسَدُونَ ثُمَّ تَتَدَابَرُونَ ثُمَّ تَتَبَاغَضُونَ ، أَوْ نَحْوَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ تَنْطَلِقُونَ فِي مَسَاكِينِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ ، فَتَجْعَلُونَ بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَى رِقَابِ بَعْضٍ " .
'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-As reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: How would you be, O people when Persia and Rome would be conquered for you? 'Abd -al-Rahman bin Auf said: We would say as Allah has commanded us and we would express our gratitude to Allah. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Nothing else besides it? You would (in fact) vie with one another, then you would feel jealous, then your relations would be estranged and then you will bear enmity against one another, or something to the same effect. Then you would go to the poor emigrants and would make some the masters of the others.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Benefits and Issues:
The abundance of wealth and property, and the desire and longing for it, result in consequences in the exact order that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) had indicated, and these consequences are indeed manifesting. May Allah protect us.
Benefits and Issues:
The abundance of wealth and property, and the desire and longing for it, result in consequences in the exact order that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) had indicated, and these consequences are indeed manifesting. May Allah protect us.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 7427
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊
By "envy" here is meant competition for worldly wealth.
To desire that a certain blessing should come to me and not to another is unlawful envy.
This type of envy leads to jealousy, which is blameworthy.
Permissible envy means to wish that I also receive a blessing similar to what someone else has received.
This type of envy is permissible.
➋
As a result of jealousy, relationships become strained and can even reach the point of enmity.
All such habits are reprehensible.
➌
The meaning of the last sentence is that wealthy individuals will oppress and intimidate those who are less fortunate.
These qualities were not present among the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum).
Such traits appeared among those who came later, in whom these characteristics were found.
➊
By "envy" here is meant competition for worldly wealth.
To desire that a certain blessing should come to me and not to another is unlawful envy.
This type of envy leads to jealousy, which is blameworthy.
Permissible envy means to wish that I also receive a blessing similar to what someone else has received.
This type of envy is permissible.
➋
As a result of jealousy, relationships become strained and can even reach the point of enmity.
All such habits are reprehensible.
➌
The meaning of the last sentence is that wealthy individuals will oppress and intimidate those who are less fortunate.
These qualities were not present among the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum).
Such traits appeared among those who came later, in whom these characteristics were found.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3996
