Bismillah
(What follows are some of the comments of Sayyid al-Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah preserve him)[1] on the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), courtesy of Ustadh Amin Buxton (Allah preserve and increase him and his teachers):
“If any one of you wakes up with a healthy body, in a state of safety, possessing his day’s provision it is as if he possesses the whole world and everything in it.” [2]
“This is a message from the speech of the one who does not speak from his own caprice. If you receive this message you will save yourself from numerous problems which befall the people of this world. Those that do not accept truths such as this live their lives as prisoners of their illusions. Iblis and his troops from among men and jinn strive to make people compete in amassing worldly possessions. As a result of this much corruption is spread.
“If any one of you wakes up with a healthy body” – praise be to Allah, all of us have healthy bodies. Allah bless us with continuous health and well-being.
“In a state of safety” – day and night we move about from place to place in safety. Where did this safety come from?
“Possessing his day’s provision” – which one of us does not possess any provision? Which one of us is clutching his stomach out of hunger, unable to find even a single date to eat?
Great wealth – in excess of a day’s provision – will only be of harm to those who possess it as they will have to account for it in this life and the next.
They used to say: “If all you want from this worldly life is what suffices you then a small amount will suffice you. However, if you want more than what suffices you then everything that the world contains will not suffice you.” As the hadith states: “Had the son of Adam possessed a valley of gold he would only wish for another, and had he had another he would wish for a third. The only thing that will fill his stomach is earth and Allah will turn to the one who turns to Him.”[3]
This is one of the realities that the Best of Creation spoke of: “If any one of you wakes up with a healthy body, in a state of safety, possessing his day’s provision it is as if he possesses the whole word and everything in it.”
He spoke the truth – his companions were the kings of this life and the next, may Allah be pleased with them, and often they did not even possess a day’s provision!”
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[1] Lesson in Ihya’ `Ulum al-Din, Dar al-Mustafa, Dhu’l-Qa`dah 1432/October 2011
[2] Narrated by al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah
[3] Narrated by Ahmad and al-Bayhaqi
Taken from http://abdulkarimyahya.com/2011/11/08/advice-possessing-a-little-is-possessing-everything/
(What follows are some of the comments of Sayyid al-Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah preserve him)[1] on the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), courtesy of Ustadh Amin Buxton (Allah preserve and increase him and his teachers):
“If any one of you wakes up with a healthy body, in a state of safety, possessing his day’s provision it is as if he possesses the whole world and everything in it.” [2]
“This is a message from the speech of the one who does not speak from his own caprice. If you receive this message you will save yourself from numerous problems which befall the people of this world. Those that do not accept truths such as this live their lives as prisoners of their illusions. Iblis and his troops from among men and jinn strive to make people compete in amassing worldly possessions. As a result of this much corruption is spread.
“If any one of you wakes up with a healthy body” – praise be to Allah, all of us have healthy bodies. Allah bless us with continuous health and well-being.
“In a state of safety” – day and night we move about from place to place in safety. Where did this safety come from?
“Possessing his day’s provision” – which one of us does not possess any provision? Which one of us is clutching his stomach out of hunger, unable to find even a single date to eat?
Great wealth – in excess of a day’s provision – will only be of harm to those who possess it as they will have to account for it in this life and the next.
They used to say: “If all you want from this worldly life is what suffices you then a small amount will suffice you. However, if you want more than what suffices you then everything that the world contains will not suffice you.” As the hadith states: “Had the son of Adam possessed a valley of gold he would only wish for another, and had he had another he would wish for a third. The only thing that will fill his stomach is earth and Allah will turn to the one who turns to Him.”[3]
This is one of the realities that the Best of Creation spoke of: “If any one of you wakes up with a healthy body, in a state of safety, possessing his day’s provision it is as if he possesses the whole word and everything in it.”
He spoke the truth – his companions were the kings of this life and the next, may Allah be pleased with them, and often they did not even possess a day’s provision!”
—-
[1] Lesson in Ihya’ `Ulum al-Din, Dar al-Mustafa, Dhu’l-Qa`dah 1432/October 2011
[2] Narrated by al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah
[3] Narrated by Ahmad and al-Bayhaqi
Taken from http://abdulkarimyahya.com/2011/11/08/advice-possessing-a-little-is-possessing-everything/
very nice reminder. JZK!
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