Is the warning against the worldly life and preoccupation with it absolute, or is there a distinction?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the verses warned against loving the worldly life and being preoccupied with it. Is this absolute? Or are there matters...
Answer:
As for worldly matters, if one uses them to assist in the matters of the Hereafter, that is praiseworthy. But if one is preoccupied with them and neglects the Hereafter, that is the blameworthy thing. It is forbidden for a person to benefit from the good in the worldly life, and from its pleasures, and from food and drink; this is permissible for him[Al-A'raf 7:32] but he should use it to assist in the worship of Allah the Exalted, and not use it to assist in disbelief, transgression, and sins. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the verses warned against loving the worldly life and being preoccupied with it. Is this absolute? Or are there matters...
Answer:
As for worldly matters, if one uses them to assist in the matters of the Hereafter, that is praiseworthy. But if one is preoccupied with them and neglects the Hereafter, that is the blameworthy thing. It is forbidden for a person to benefit from the good in the worldly life, and from its pleasures, and from food and drink; this is permissible for him
Say, "Who has forbidden the adornment of Allah which He has produced for His servants and the good [lawful] things of provision?"
قُلْ مَنْ حَرَّمَ زِينَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي أَخْرَجَ لِعِبَادِهِ وَالطَّيِّبَاتِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3244- 4717] هل التحذير من الدنيا والتشاغل بها على إطلاقه أم فيه تفصيل؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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