Explanation of the Book of the Hearts-02a

The reciter: Yahya ibn Yusuf narrated to us: Abu Bakr ibn 'Iyash narrated to us from Abu Husayn from Abu Salih from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

The Shaykh : "Ta'asa" means to be ruined and to lose out. The slave of the dinar, the dirham, the quilt, and the cloak: the dinar and the dirham are well known, but as for the quilt, it is what one sits on, and the cloak is what one wears. A person takes care of his dirhams and dinars, and takes care of his clothing and his seat. Some people take care of these things so that they serve as a means for their obedience, and they display the favor of Allah upon them through them. But some people are occupied with them to the extent that they become slaves to them, as if they were created for them, having no concern other than acquiring the dinar, the dirham, the cloak, and the quilt. It is not meant that a person prostrates to these things, for no one prostrates to dirhams, dinars, quilts, or cloaks. Rather, the meaning is that he is occupied with them to the neglect of the obedience of Allah. He says: . Who is he pleased with? With the giver, so that when Allah gives to him, he is pleased with Allah, and if he is not given, he is displeased, even with Allah, even at Allah he is displeased. Yes, . In this is a warning against these matters, lest you become slaves to them. Rather, be a slave to Allah and use these matters to assist you in the worship of Allah.