Hadith 9

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – From Ali, from his father, and Ali Bin Muhammad, altogether from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Suleyman Al Minqary, from Abdul Razzaq Bin Hammam, from Ma’mar Bin Rashid, from Al Zuhry Muhammad Bin Muslim Bin Ubeydullah who said, ‘‘Which of the deeds is superior in the Presence of Allah-azwj? ’ He-asws said: ‘There is no deed, after the recognition of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic and recognition of His-azwj Rasool-saww more superior than hatred of the world. There are many branches for that, and for the disobedience, there is one branch’. The first of what Allah-azwj was disobeyed with was the arrogance, being a disobedience of Iblees-la, He refused and was arrogant, and he was from the unbelievers [2: 34]. Then (it was) the greed, and it is the disobedience of Adam-as and Hawwa-as so eat from wherever you desire, but do not go near this tree, for then you will be of the unjust [7: 19]. They-as both took what there was no need to it for them. Thus, that entered into their-as offspring up to the Day of Qiyamah, and that is that most of what the son of Adam-as seeks is what there is no need to it for him. Then (it was) the envy, and it is a disobedience of the son-la of Adam-as where he-la envied his-la brother-as, and he-la killed him-as. So there branched out from that, the love of women, and the love of the world, and love of the leadership, and love of the relaxation, and love of the speech, and love of the exaltedness and the wealth. Thus, these came to be seven traits, and they all gathered in the love of the world. Thus the Prophets-as and the Scholars-asws said after recognising that: ‘The love of the world is the head of all sins, and the world is (two types of) world – a world of bare necessities and an accursed world’’. [9]