Hadith 30

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – From Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ibn Bukeyr, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘In seeking the world there is harm with the Hereafter, and in seeking the Hereafter there is harm with the world, so be harmed by the world for it is more rightful with the harming’’. [36]
Explanation – And Seyyid Al-Sajideen-asws has said: ‘Give me-asws (longer) lifespan for as long as my-asws life is in Your-azwj obedience. When my-asws life is a pasture for the Satan-la, then Recall me-asws back to You-azwj; and had the existence in the world been righteous for the servants in order to achieve the treasures of the Hereafter, Allah-azwj would not have Settled the Holy souls in those thick bodies’’. And it has been reported in ‘Al-Saheeh’ from Ibn Abu Yafour who said, ‘I said to Abdullah-asws, ‘We tend to love the world’. He-asws said to me: ‘What will you do with that? ’ I said, ‘I shall get married from it, and perform Hajj, and spend upon my dependants, and give to my brethren, and give charity’. He-asws said to me: ‘This isn’t from the world. This is from the Hereafter’’. And it has been reported: ‘Best of the wealth is the righteous for the righteous servant and is the best assistance of the world upon the Hereafter’’.