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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is accumulating wealth and amassing it in homes considered in the context of praise or blame?

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Question:
Is accumulating wealth and amassing it in homes considered in the context of praise or in the context of slaughter?

Answer:
It is in the context of sin, because it distracts a person from the work of the Hereafter. A person cannot combine working for this world and working for the Hereafter; it is not possible. However, he should take from this world only what helps him with his Hereafter. But if he turns away to this world, it will distract him from the Hereafter.
Allah has not made for a man two hearts in his interiorمَّا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِرَجُلٍ مِّن قَلْبَيْنِ فِي جَوْفِهِ
[Al-Ahzab 33:4]
Look at those who work for this world; they do not even come to the mosques except rarely, and when they do come, they are in a hurry. You see them sleeping at night because they are tired during the day. They sleep at night and do not get up for tahajjud. This world occupies them, and may Allah protect us from it. It distracts them from the remembrance of Allah. They do not even say "La ilaha illa Allah," nor do they glorify their Lord, nor praise Allah, nor recite the dhikr, because they are occupied with this world. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4493- 4717] هل جمع المال والتكاثر في البيوت يعتبر في سياق المدح أم الذم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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