Loving Cars and Talking About Them, and Its Connection to Loving the World
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is loving cars, talking about them a lot, and wishing to obtain the best and finest of them considered part of the love of the world for which a person is punished in the Hereafter?
Answer:
No. The hadith The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No, Sahih Muslim 91a. If you love a car to ride in, and the car is beautiful and new, there is no harm in that. This is among the good things.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is loving cars, talking about them a lot, and wishing to obtain the best and finest of them considered part of the love of the world for which a person is punished in the Hereafter?
Answer:
No. The hadith
A man loves for his sandals to be good and his clothing to be good. Is this from arrogance?
الرجل يحب أن يكون نعله حسنا وثوبه حسنا، هل هذا من الكبر؟Verily, Allah is Graceful and He loves Grace. Pride is disdaining the truth (out of self-conceit) and contempt for the people.
إن الله جميل يحب الجمال، الكبر بطر الحق وغمط الناس
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في أن لذة النظر إلى وجه الله يوم القيامة تابعة للتلذذ بمعرفته ومحبته في الدنيا — islamhouse.com (1:17:01)
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