traduza o texto completamente e perfeitamente para o portugues THE LOVE FOR WORLDLY GAINS
Generally mendicants (faqeers) surpass others in the avarice for worldly
gains. They are definitely not pious persons. It proves the fact that the
seekers of the world may not be identifiable from their outward appearances. The pious are those who implicitly follow the norms and tenets of
the faith. These may include the entire gamut of activity viz.: prayer
(Namaz), fasting, trading, marriage, managing a household etc. If these
activities are carried out contrary to the norms set by the Faith, then they
will be termed contemptible. They are of three types:
(1) Duniya e Haram: One deserves Allah’s punishment if he perpetuates illegitimate (Haram) acts like offering prayers, intercourse and other
worldly acts against the norms of Shariah.
(2) Duniya e Makrooh: Perpetuating acts that have not been termed
Haram by Allah, but are considered Makrooh or undesirable. For example:
avarice for wealth, acquiring property more than necessary. These activities divert one’s attention from Allah.
(3) Diniya e Mubah: This is drawing pleasure from the legitimate
blessings bestowed by Allah on the people. This may sometime also fall
in the second category if a person tends to the side of excess. Sometimes
a person does these acts considering them as an act of prayer and worship. Then, to attain that status, at other times, in his ignorance, a person
avoids legitimate and essential activities assuming that he is doing it to
please Allah.His acts would be tantamount to innovation (Bidat), that is a
sin!
Hazrat Ali (a.s) says, “A man of piety is one who removes big desires
from his heart. He thanks Allah for His Bounties and abstains from taboo
activities.”
Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s) was asked the meaning of Zuhd (Piety) by
someone. He said, “It is shunning activities that have been termed taboo
(Haram) by Allah.”
Hazrat Ali (a.s) said: Men are of three types: the Zahed (Pious), Saber
(Patient and contented) and the Ragheb (Inclined). Zahed is one for whom
the pleasures and pains of this world make no difference. He is not over
delighted to receive worldly gains nor is he very sad for the sufferings he
undergoes. Saber is one who has worldly desires, but keeps a check over
his desires despite achieving worldly gains. The transient nature of the
worldly things creates dislike for them in his heart. Ragheb is a person
who endeavors to achieve worldly gains without giving a thought to his
desires being legitimate or illegitimate. The Raghib are people who are
305caught in the whirlpool of the world and keep trying to achieve their
ends despite getting drowned in it.
The Prophet of Islam (a.s) said, “O Abu Dharr! Allah has not ordered
hoarding of wealth. He has sent a Revelation asking people to remember
Him, talk about Him and spend their lives in His way. He wants to be
thanked for the Bounties He has endowed to the people. O Abu Dharr!
The wealth and the fame of this world destroy a person. These are two
wolves that enter the flock of sheep and devour them overnight! Man
keeps sleeping in the search of wealth and pelf and when he awakes he
finds the angel of death calling him. He then realizes that every thing has
turned topsy turvy and he will have to go empty handed!”
It is narrated by Hazrat Abdallah bin Abbas when the coinage was
first started, Satan felt very pleased and jumped in joy that he had a tool
in his hands to lead men astray.
Hazrat Ali (a.s) says that three things are the cause of trouble for men
1. Love for women: This is the sword of the Satan.
2. Intoxicants: This is the web of the Satan.
3. Love for Deenar & Dirham: This is the Satan’s arrow.
One who indulges in the love for women, he cannot abstain from taboo actions.
One who takes the intoxicants cannot enter the portals of the Heaven.
One who treats the Deenars and Dirhams as his friends is a creature of
the world.
The First Trait:
Avarice in accumulating wealth is the worst of traits. A person with
this trait will be tyrannical and proud and would commit big sins in his
pursuit for wealth. A human being cannot have love for more than one
entity. If he has love for amassing wealth, he will not have love for Allah.
This, in other words, is called Mammon Worship! The cure for this ailment is that the person rivets his attention towards Allah and broods
over the futility and transience of the world. Then the realization will
come to him that all the wealth accumulated by him would be of no use.
If he spent it in the way of Allah, he would get rewarded in the Hereafter. He should think that efforts for acquiring knowledge of the Faith
and offering prayers to Allah would be for his good in this life and the
Hereafter. He should not spend all his time running after acquisition of
riches. He should bear in his mind the Retribution for amassing illegitimate riches. Even for the legitimate riches, one will be accountable on the
Day of Judgement! If he spent his wealth in the way of Allah, he will get
rewarded many times over! This reward will come to him when he will
306find himself forlorn and helpless on the Day of Reckoning! The sustenance of man is the responsibility of Allah. Man should trust Him! Wealth
is not such a thing that one can put complete trust in! Pitiable fact is that
those who accumulated vast wealth have left everything behind and departed for the other world empty handed! Such persons neglected preparation for the Hereafter. They have a heavy burden on their necks.
Contrary to these, the persons who spent their lives in Allah’s love and
prepared for the Hereafter, had always been happy and contented during their lives in this world and have departed contentedly for the
Hereafter!