Aboo Yazeed al-Bustaamee, rahimahullaah, said, “I have divorced this world finally and irrevocably three times and have turned to my Lord alone, and called upon Him for help, “O my…
This World and the Hereafter From what we have mentioned it will be clear that love of wealth and leadership and craving after them destroys a person’s Religion (Deen) to…
So those who give religious verdicts should realise that they are transmitting Allaah’s orders and prohibitions and that he will be made to stand to account and be questioned about…
The Second Type of Craving for Status The second type of seeking status and position over the people is through matters of the Deen such as knowledge, action and zuhd…
19 “O Allaah I ask You for beneficial knowledge, and I seek Your refuge from knowledge which does not benefit.”16 This was said by Imaam Aboo Bakr al-Aajuree, rahimahullaahu ta`aala…
(Al-Bukhaaree) also reports from Aboo Moosa al-Ash`aree, radiyAllaahu `anhu, that two men said to the Prophet (salAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam), ‘O Messenger of Allaah! Appoint us to some position of…
Therefore the Prophet (salAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) informed that avarice causes a person to cut off relations, commit sins and to be miserly – and miserliness is a person’s clinging…
“Do not envy a brother who craves after riches – rather look upon him with aversion. Indeed the one who craves is preoccupied with his Wealth from having any happiness…
The First Type of Craving for Wealth 11:The first type of craving for wealth is that a person has extreme love for wealth and also relentlessly exerts efforts to attain…
A Brief Biography of the Author He was the imaam, the haafidh, the great scholar Zaynuddeen `Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Ahmad ibn `Abdir-Rahmaan – known as Rajab as-Salamee, then ad-Dimashqee (from Damascus)…
All praise is for Allaah, Lord of the worlds. May Allaah send praises and complete peace until the Day of Recompense upon him, his family and followers and upon all…
