What is your opinion, also, regarding the allure of the pleasures of this world, for example, and the pursuit of them? Does that not also place before the person things that distance him from the Hereafter?
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The questioner : Okay, what is your opinion, also, regarding the immersion in the pleasures of this world, for example, and the pursuit of them? Does that not also place before the person things that distance him from...
The Shaykh : Yes, this is undoubtedly one of the obstacles.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The preoccupation with this world and the complete turning away to it, and the man making it his greatest concern and the limit of his knowledge, is undoubtedly one of the deterrents. What has harmed people today, except for this matter, is that they have immersed themselves in this world. Some have immersed themselves in the love of authority and status, some have immersed themselves in amusement and play and wasting time in things that are neither religious nor worldly benefit, some have immersed themselves in transactions and deals, and some have immersed themselves in other matters that cannot be explained here.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In any case, we say that if people had been moderate in seeking this world and striven in seeking the Hereafter, they would have attained much good. But, unfortunately, they have striven in seeking this world and been moderate in seeking the Hereafter, if it is correct to say they were moderate, if we do not say they have neglected the matter of the Hereafter, except for those whom Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has protected.
The questioner : (Glorified and Exalted is He), you have done well. This message is from the city of Aleppo al-Shahba in Syria, from the sender, the young Muslim Muhammad Ali Samra'i, who says.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is undoubtedly one of the obstacles.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The preoccupation with this world and the complete turning away to it, and the man making it his greatest concern and the limit of his knowledge, is undoubtedly one of the deterrents. What has harmed people today, except for this matter, is that they have immersed themselves in this world. Some have immersed themselves in the love of authority and status, some have immersed themselves in amusement and play and wasting time in things that are neither religious nor worldly benefit, some have immersed themselves in transactions and deals, and some have immersed themselves in other matters that cannot be explained here.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In any case, we say that if people had been moderate in seeking this world and striven in seeking the Hereafter, they would have attained much good. But, unfortunately, they have striven in seeking this world and been moderate in seeking the Hereafter, if it is correct to say they were moderate, if we do not say they have neglected the matter of the Hereafter, except for those whom Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has protected.
The questioner : (Glorified and Exalted is He), you have done well. This message is from the city of Aleppo al-Shahba in Syria, from the sender, the young Muslim Muhammad Ali Samra'i, who says.