Does love of this world affect the Hereafter?
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The questioner : Some of the verses that are general ... what does not enter ...?
The Shaykh : No, it is part of human nature in that he is a human being; it is in his nature to love wealth. But does it affect him in his obedience to Allah? No, that is not the case. That is the test. Because if a person did not love wealth and devoted himself to the obedience of Allah, he would not be like the person who loves wealth but restrains himself from what is forbidden out of fear of Allah, Mighty and Majestic.[Al-Ahzab 33:72] This is a description of the human being in that he is a human being, but a person may have in him a degree of faith that prevents him from injustice, and he may have with him a degree of knowledge that removes from him the description of ignorance. Yes.
The questioner : Regarding ...
The Shaykh : No, that is not correct. That is, he says that the good things now, meaning he wants to say that people are now in the position of the disbelievers, because these are good things and so on and so on. No, no, that is a mistake.
But you prefer the life of this world
بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنياThe Shaykh : No, it is part of human nature in that he is a human being; it is in his nature to love wealth. But does it affect him in his obedience to Allah? No, that is not the case. That is the test. Because if a person did not love wealth and devoted himself to the obedience of Allah, he would not be like the person who loves wealth but restrains himself from what is forbidden out of fear of Allah, Mighty and Majestic.
but man [undertook to] bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant.
وحملها الإنسان إنه كان ظلوما جهولاThe questioner : Regarding ...
The Shaykh : No, that is not correct. That is, he says that the good things now, meaning he wants to say that people are now in the position of the disbelievers, because these are good things and so on and so on. No, no, that is a mistake.