What is the meaning of this hadith: “Be ascetic in this world and Allah will love you, and be ascetic in what is with people and people will love you”
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May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the meaning of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Ibn Majah 4102Da’if (Darussalam) people?
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It is clear. “Be ascetic in this world and Allah will love you,” because if you are ascetic in this world, asceticism does not mean that you abandon this world. You do not abandon this world, but you are ascetic in the excesses, in the excesses of wealth. You take what is sufficient for you and you leave what you do not need. This is asceticism.
Some people say that asceticism is being ascetic in what is forbidden and restricting oneself to what is lawful. People will love you if you leave their wealth alone, and if you ask them for it, they will hate and dislike you. Allah becomes angry if you leave asking Him, and a human being becomes angry when asked. The other saying is: “If people were asked for the earth, they would likely, when told ‘give it,’ be reluctant and withhold it.” Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the meaning of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Be indifferent towards this world, and Allah will love you. Be indifferent to what is in people’s hands, and they will love you.
ازهد في الدنيا يحبك الله، وازهد فيما عند الناس يحبكAnswer:
It is clear. “Be ascetic in this world and Allah will love you,” because if you are ascetic in this world, asceticism does not mean that you abandon this world. You do not abandon this world, but you are ascetic in the excesses, in the excesses of wealth. You take what is sufficient for you and you leave what you do not need. This is asceticism.
Some people say that asceticism is being ascetic in what is forbidden and restricting oneself to what is lawful. People will love you if you leave their wealth alone, and if you ask them for it, they will hate and dislike you. Allah becomes angry if you leave asking Him, and a human being becomes angry when asked. The other saying is: “If people were asked for the earth, they would likely, when told ‘give it,’ be reluctant and withhold it.” Yes.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [696 -858] ما معنى هذا الحديث (ازهد في الدنيا يحبك الله، وازهد فيما عند الناس يحبك الناس) — youtube.com
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