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If this world were worth a mosquito's wing to Allah, He would not have given a disbeliever a single sip of water from it. The world is like a dream, passing like clouds. An hour of time, then it ends. Indeed, it is a journey
A reflective lecture by Sheikh Khalid Al-Rashed on the transient nature of this world and the importance of faith and moderation.
Key Takeaways
- This world is temporary and should not be the ultimate focus of a believer’s life.
- True success lies in good deeds and faith, not in worldly wealth or status.
- Moderation and remembrance of Allah are essential to avoid being misled by worldly distractions.
- The Prophet and his companions serve as role models for humility, piety, and detachment from materialism.
- The promise of Allah’s forgiveness and Paradise is the ultimate reward for believers.
What the video covers
- The world is fleeting and insignificant in the sight of Allah, likened to a dream or a passing cloud.
- The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) described the world as a prison for believers and a paradise for disbelievers.
- Believers are advised to live in this world as strangers or travelers, focusing on the Hereafter.
- Moderation in seeking worldly gains is necessary, ensuring it does not distract from remembrance of Allah.
- The Quran warns against being deceived by worldly life and emphasizes fearing Allah and the Day of Judgment.
- The Prophet’s life exemplified humility and detachment from worldly luxuries despite his leadership.
- Companions of the Prophet lived simple, pious lives, avoiding distractions and sinful behaviors.
- The video stresses the importance of piety, intention, and reliance on Allah for protection and success.
- Historical examples from the lives of Umar, Abu Bakr, Uthman, and others illustrate devotion and modesty.
- The ultimate goal is forgiveness from Allah and eternal Paradise, not the fleeting pleasures of this world.
Chapters
- 00:00The Transience of This World
- 00:39Living as a Stranger in This World
- 01:22Warnings from the Quran and Hadith
- 02:04The Reality and Nature of the World
- 03:03The Path to Salvation and Paradise
- 03:50The Prophet’s Humble Life and Example
- 05:14Companions’ Piety and Lessons
- 07:04Advice from Early Caliphs and Legacy
- 08:06Reflection on Death and the Hereafter
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that began and will soon come to an end. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "The world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever." And he said: "What do I have to do with
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this world?" "My likeness and the likeness of the world is like a traveler journeying on a hot day, who seeks shade under a tree for an hour of the day, then departs and leaves it." And he said: "Be in this world as if
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you were a stranger or a wayfarer." And he said: "It is not poverty that I fear for you, but I fear that the world will be spread out before you as it was for those before you, and you will compete
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for it as they competed, and it will destroy you as it destroyed them." My beloved, it is not required to abandon the world entirely, for that is not possible. But what is required is moderation in seeking it in a
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permissible way that does not hinder the remembrance of Allah and obedience to Him. The Almighty said: "O you who have believed, let not your wealth and your children divert you from the remembrance of Allah. And whoever does that—then those are the losers." And He
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said: "O mankind, fear your Lord." "And fear a Day when no father will avail his son, nor will a son avail his father at all." "Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived
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about Allah by the Deceiver." The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "The best of you is one whose life is long and whose deeds are good." "And the worst of you is one whose life is long and whose deeds are bad." As for its
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reports: its new things wear out, its kingdom fades, its mighty are humbled, its abundance dwindles, its living die, and its goodness passes away. If there were no other sign of its nature than the fact that its people die, that
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would be enough. Hear its reality as the Almighty said: "Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children." "Like the example of a rain whose [resulting]
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plant pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris." "And in the Hereafter is severe punishment," "And forgiveness from Allah and approval." "And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion."
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This is its reality: swift to perish, near to completion. It promises permanence, then fails to fulfill it.
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Dreams of sleep, or like a vanishing shadow. Indeed, the wise person is not deceived by such a thing; this is the path of salvation. In it, race toward forgiveness from your Lord. And a Paradise whose width is like the width
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of the heaven and the earth. Prepared for those who believed in Allah and His messengers. That is the bounty of Allah, which He gives to whom He wills. And Allah is the possessor of great bounty.
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Allah created it—meaning the world. Allah created it for testing and trial, as the Almighty said: "Indeed, We have made that which is on the earth adornment for it that We may test them [as to] which of them is best in deed.
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And indeed, We will make what is upon it a barren ground." The Prophet, peace be upon him, passed by a dead goat with his companions, and said: "Do you see this goat as worthless to its owners?" They said: "It is because of its
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worthlessness that they threw it away." He said: "By Him in whose hand is my soul, the world is more worthless to Allah than this goat is to its owners." If this world were worth a mosquito's wing to Allah, He would not have given
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a disbeliever a single sip of water from it. He also said: "The world is sweet and green, and Allah has made you successors in it, so He sees how you act." Everyone is moving on. Reflect after these words from the Master of
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Messengers. Reflect on his life until his death. Reflect from the beginning to the end. He wore patched clothes while being the leader of a nation.
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Treasures were brought. And their shackles were broken. When Allah saw it walking toward Him, seeking nothing but His pleasure, He moved toward it. Aisha says: A crescent moon passes, then another, then another. No fire is lit in the houses of the family of Muhammad,
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peace. And blessings be upon him. I asked: O aunt, what is your food? She said: The two black ones; dates and water. She also said: The family of Muhammad, peace be upon him, never ate their fill of barley bread for two
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consecutive days. Fatima would bake some bread, bring him a piece, he would eat it, then. He would say, "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, by Allah, O Fatima, no food has entered your father's stomach for days."
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Umar wept when he saw his condition, as the mat had left marks on his side, while the kings of Persia and Rome wore silk and slept on plush beds. He said, "O Umar, are you not pleased that they
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have the worldly life and we have the Hereafter? Are you not pleased, O Umar, that they have the world and we have the Hereafter?" Seeking the highest status with Allah, he never wore silk nor laid down until his head was
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cushioned. Al-Hasan al-Basri, may Allah have mercy on him, says: I entered the houses of Prophethood some time after his death, peace be upon him. Their walls were made of mud. Their roof was made of palm fronds. Their floor was
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made of a mat. Their length and width were mere meters. Said ibn al-Musayyib says, when the houses of Prophethood were demolished to expand the Mosque: I have never seen a mourner like I saw that day. He says: If only they had
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kept them. If only they had kept them so the youth among us could grow up.
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And see how the life of their Prophet, peace be upon him, really was. He to whom the world and all its contents were presented. And among what has increased my honor and pride is that I could tread upon the stars with my
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heels. That I am included in Your saying: "My servants." And that You made Ahmad my Prophet. Then his companions followed after him on his path and way. They did not drink intoxicants or drugs. They did not take concubines and waitresses. They did not
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consume usurious wealth. They were not distracted from the remembrance of Allah by screens and channels. They did not waste time chasing girls in shopping malls. Listen to their words.
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And say, may Allah bless you: Where are we compared to them? Abu Bakr says to Khalid, may Allah be pleased with them both: Flee from honor, and honor will follow you. Covet death, and life will be granted to you. There is no good in
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wealth spent in the way of Allah. And no good in speech not intended for the sake of Allah. And no good in someone whose ignorance overcomes his patience.
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And no good in someone who fears blame for the sake of Allah. You have exhausted those who come after you, O Caliph of the Messenger of Allah. Umar wrote to his son Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with them both, during his
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absence: As to what follows, whoever fears Allah, He protects him. Whoever relies upon Him, He suffices him.
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Whoever is grateful to Him, He increases him. Whoever lends to Him, He rewards him. For the people of piety are the people of Allah. So make piety the cultivation of your heart and the clarity of your vision. For there is no
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deed for one who has no intention. And no good for one who has no fear of Allah. He used to say: Every day it is said that so-and-so has died, and so-and-so has died. And there must come a day when it will be said that Umar
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has died. And Umar did die, but in what state? As for the words of Uthman, he used to say: If I were between Paradise and Hell,
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and I did not know to which I would be commanded, I would choose to become ash before I knew to which I would end up. He used to say: "If your hearts were pure, you would never get enough of the speech of your Lord." It is no wonder. For he used to spend the
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entire night with the
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Paradise in Paradise enjoying themselves, and they saw the people of Hell in Hell being tormented. Their evils are secure, their hearts are sorrowful, their souls are chaste, and their needs are light. They endured for a few days for the sake of a
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long-lasting rest. As for the night, they aligned their feet in prayer, with tears streaming down their cheeks. They cry out to their Lord. Our Lord, our Lord. Seeking the liberation of their necks. And the righteousness of their hearts. As for the day, they are
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scholars and forbearing. Righteous and pious. It is as if. They are like arrows. He likened them to arrows because their bodies are gaunt from fasting and standing in prayer. He says : An observer looks at them and says, "
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They are ill." Yet by Allah, there is no illness among the people. But a great matter has overtaken them. How sweet and beautiful is Allah’s description of them: "And the servants.
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""Of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily.""And when the ignorant address them, they say, ' Peace.'" When He described their day, it was fitting to follow it with their night. He said: "And those who spend
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the night prostrating and standing before their Lord.""And those who say, 'Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell.'""Indeed, its punishment is an inseparable torment.""Indeed, it is evil as a settlement and residence." One of the righteous wept at the time
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of his death. He was asked: "What makes you weep?" He said: "I weep because the fasting people will fast and I will not be among them.""And the remembering people will remember and I will not be among them.""And the praying people
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will pray and I will not be among them. " Look at what they weep for. Your soul is a trust that was deposited with you.
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You will return it whether you like it or not, and it will be taken away. And the deception of your world that you strive for is a home whose reality is fleeting goods. Know that both night and day, our breaths within them are
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counted and measured. And all that you acquired and gathered will, with certainty, vanish after your death. Woe to a home whose bliss does not last.
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And whose builder will soon see it ruined. The world is the home of one who has no home. And the wealth of one who has no wealth. And for it gathers one who has no intellect. Whoever longs for Paradise abandons desires and
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pleasures in this world.
Topics:IslamSheikh Khalid Al-Rashedworldly lifeHereafterProphet MuhammadfaithpietymoderationQuranIslamic teachings
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