37. Judgement Day and Heart Softners
٣٧۔ كتاب صفة القيامة والرقائق والورع
"We were tested along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ by adversity, so we were patient, then we were tested after him with prosperity, but we were not patient."
ابْتُلِينَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالضَّرَّاءِ فَصَبَرْنَا ثُمَّ ابْتُلِينَا بِالسَّرَّاءِ بَعْدَهُ فَلَمْ نَصْبِرْ
Devote yourself to worship and Allah will enrich you
from the Prophet ﷺ who said: “Indeed, Allah, Exalted is He, says: ‘O son of Adam, devote yourself to My worship; I will fill your chest with richness and I will suffice your poverty. But if you do not, I will fill your hands with preoccupation and I will not suffice your poverty.’”
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ: (يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ تَفَرَّغْ لِعِبَادَتِي، أَمْلأْ صَدْرَكَ غِنًى، وَأَسُدَّ فَقْرَكَ، وَإِلاَّ تَفْعَلْ مَلأْتُ يَدَيْكَ شُغْلاً وَلَمْ أَسُدَّ فَقْرَكَ)».
Gain contentment in this world by making the Hereafter your goal
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever makes the Hereafter his concern, Allah ﷻ will place his richness in his heart, gather his affairs for him, and the world will come to him humbled. But whoever makes this world his concern, Allah ﷻ will place his poverty before his eyes, scatter his affairs against him, and nothing of this world will come to him except what has been decreed for him."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «مَنْ كَانَتِ الآخِرَةُ هَمَّهُ، جَعَلَ اللَّهُ غِنَاهُ فِي قَلْبِهِ، وَجَمَعَ لَهُ شَمْلَهُ، وَأَتَتْهُ الدُّنْيَا وَهِيَ رَاغِمَةٌ، وَمَنْ كَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا هَمَّهُ، جَعَلَ اللَّهُ فَقْرَهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ، وَفَرَّقَ عَلَيْهِ شَمْلَهَ، وَلَمْ يَأْتِهِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ مَا قُدِّرَ لَهُ».