Competing for the Dunya - Kinetic Typography - by Sheikh Yusuf Estes - Talash Peace
Channel: Talash Peace
Date: 2019-02-16

Sometimes we find people working for this worldly life and pretend to have forgotten that one day they will die and be brought to account. 


Then there are others who do great deeds with the Hereafter in mind, but completely neglect their financial and familial responsibilities. 


So, how can reconcile between dunya and akhirah, between not completely depriving ourselves of the delights Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) has put on this earth while keeping our focus and efforts on Paradise? 


As always, we get any guidance we need from The Noble Qur'an and Sunnah; here we go: Three persons came to the Prophet's home (sal Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) and asked about how he (sal Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) worships Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala). 


When they got the answer, they thought since he is a Prophet, Allah Ta'ala has forgiven him, and that they are just ordinary people and need to step beyond what the Prophet (sal Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said -- they wanted to fast without breaking it, pray all night without sleeping, and refrain from marriage for their whole lives. 


The Prophet (sal Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) explained, however, that what they described was not his path. 


The Prophet (sal Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) is the best of examples and the best of us, yet he fasted but also broke his fast, he prayed night prayer but also slept, and he did marry; we should stick to his Sunnah, the Straight Path. 
(Muslim and Bukhari) 


Islam does not ask for us to live in isolation, to cut ourselves off from society, or to completely deprive ourselves of what Allah Ta'ala has made halaal (permissible). 


The key is to always have akhirah on top of our mind and list of priorities; we can (and should) have families, but they shouldn't distract us from our Islamic duties; we can seek lawful means of living, but we leave and turn our back on it when prayer or Jum'uah comes. 


Our connection with Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) is a fuel and a light for our dunya activities. 

"Improve your secret and private life, and Allah will improve your public and social life. 
Make matters well between you and Allah, and Allah will make matters well between you and people. 
Work for the Hereafter and Allah will be enough for you in your worldly concerns" 
[Imam Sufyaan AthThawri, rahimahuAllah] 

"This dunya (world) is like a shadow, run after it and you will never be able to catch it, turn your back against it and it has no choice but to follow you" 
[Ibn Al-Qayyim] 




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