Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (And indeed, he is severe in his love of good)

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-‘Uthaymeen

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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (And indeed, he is severe in his love of good)

Allah the Exalted said:

And indeed, he

وَإِنَّهُ

[Al-‘Adiyat: 8] meaning: man

in love of wealth, intense.

لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ

[Al-‘Adiyat: 8] Good is wealth, as Allah the Exalted said:

Prescribed for you when death approaches [any] one of you if he leaves wealth [is that he should make] a bequest

كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ إِنْ تَرَكَ خَيْراً الْوَصِيَّةُ

[Al-Baqarah: 180] meaning: if he leaves behind a lot of wealth, then good is wealth, and man’s love for wealth is an evident matter,Allah the Exalted said:

And you love wealth with immense love.

وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبّاً جَمّاً

[Al-Fajr: 20] and you will hardly find anyone who is free from the intense love of wealth, as for absolute love, that is established for everyone; there is no person who does not love wealth, but the intensity is not for everyone. Some people love the wealth that suffices them and makes them independent of the worship of Allah, some people want more, and some people want wider and wider. The important thing is that every person loves good, meaning wealth, but people differ in the intensity from one person to another.

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