traduza o texto completamente e perfeitamente para o portugues Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s) narrates that the Prophet (a.s) was sitting in
the mosque one day in slightly disturbed mood. At that moment the angel came with a message from Allah, “O My friend and Messenger!
Takes these keys to the riches of the world. Spend as much of them as
you wish! The treasures of the world have no value when compared to
your happiness!” The Prophet (a.s) told to the angel, “Tell Allah on my
behalf that the world is for those who don’t have a home in the
Hereafter!”
In another tradition it is said that the Prophet (a.s) was once walking
on the street when he noticed a dead lamb rotting on a garbage dump.
He asked his companions, “What will be the value of this animal?” They
replied, “If it was alive, it wouldn’t be worth more than a dirham.” The
Prophet (a.s) said, “By Allah! The world for me is not worth more than
that dead lamb!” “Think of the world as an inn where you are stopping
for a little time. The worldly wealth is like a dream. When the eyes open,
there would be nothing around to see!”
Hazrat Abu Dharr said, “O seekers of knowledge and wisdom! Don’t
be attached to wealth and your off-springs! One day you will have to
leave them behind! You are like a guest in this world. You are here today
and your destination will be different tomorrow!”
Hazrat Ali (a.s) said, “Don’t seek more riches. Excess of riches will result in excessive sins. A clever person is one who distinguishes the difference between the transient and immortal. Shun the transitory world.
Love for the world will make one forget his duties to Allah. O seekers of
the world! You are running after it, but it will throw you out! Those who
are proud of the worldly gains, will be soon engulfed with difficulties.
Those who have gone from here, have never returned! Those who remain, never know when they will depart. It’s pleasures and pains are uncertain. Don’t count on your age, every thing will transit sooner or later!
When it gives fame to a person, it can soon give him infamy! It has
caused ridicule to it’s monarchs! The life in this world is always awaiting
death! Have you not heard of the people before you?.How rich and respected they were in their days! Some were the kings and others were
courtiers! But when the time to depart came around, none could help
them! Do you love such a place and the people inhabiting it!? Don’t attach your hearts to the world!”
Ibne Babawiah narrates that whenever the Prophet (a.s) returned from
his journeys, he would first go to the house of Hazrat Fatima (a.s). Once
when he returned from a trip and went to Hazrat Fatima (a.s)’s house, he
noticed an expensive curtain hanging on the door. He also saw two
270earrings adorning her daughter’s ears. The Prophet (a.s) suddenly departed without talking to her. Hazrat Fatima (a.s) understood why her father was upset. She removed the curtain from the door and sent along with
the earrings to the Prophet (a.s) requesting him to sell them and give
away the proceeds in charity. Seeing the ear-rings and the curtain the
Prophet (a.s) said thrice, “My daughter! May your father be sacrificed on
you! You have gauged the feelings of your father! The world is not for
Mohammed (a.s) and his progeny! If the world was worth a fly’s feather
in Allah’s eyes, he wouldn’t have given a gulp of water from it to the
infidels!”
It is narrated from Hazrat Ali (a.s) that one day he was irrigating an
orchard when a very beautiful woman came and said, “O son of Abu
Talib! If you consent to marry me, I shall give you the secret treasures of
the world that you will be spared of the hard labor that you do!” Hazrat
Ali (a.s) asked, “Who are you and what is your name?” She replied, “I
am the world!” He said, “Run away! This implement I hold in my hands
is worth much more than all your treasures!”
Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s) said that the love for the world is the root of
all the troubles. One who doesn’t value the world very much, is the man
of wisdom!
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THE FIFTH FRUIT: WHAT THE WORLD MEANS
Imam Mohammed Baqir (a.s) says, ‘A person who seeks the world is like
the silk-worm which becomes more and more incarcerated inside the cocoon the more silk it wounds around and dies inside it. A seeker of the
world is like the sheep that ventures into the grassland to feed. It fattens,
and the same fattening becomes the cause of its death under the
butcher’s knife! Remember, when you go before Allah, four questions
will be asked:
• How did you spend your youth?
• What work you did during your lifetime?
• From where you acquired the riches?
• Where did you spend your wealth?
Prepare your replies to these questions.
The more you seek the world, the more will be the desire to have it. It
is like the thirsty drinking the water from Dariya e Shor (a river). The
more he drinks the water, the more thirsty he feels!.
The exterior of the world is very attractive and in fact it is very destructive! It looks pretty like a snake, soft and cuddly! But its nature is
venomous! The wise keeps an eye on its venom and escape from it. The
gullible plays with it like a child!
This world is transient! The Prophet of Islam (a.s) has said, “The world
is like a tree for men to have a respite under it’s shadow and depart!”