He who has no hope in that which has passed him by will find repose for his body.
He who has no hope in that which has passed him by will find repose for his body. He who is content with that which God has decreed for him will find happiness.'306 He also said: 'If love of worldly things dwell in the heart of a person he will be afflicted by three things: endless toil, poverty from which he will never be free, and expectations which will never be realised.'307 In his caution to his companion he said: 'O AbY Dharr, this world occupies people's hearts and bodies.
Almighty God will ask us about how we luxuriated in that which he has made lawful, so what about that which he has made unlawful.'308 The Prophet also said: 'Almighty God revealed to [this] world saying: 'make weary those who serve you and serve those who refuse you.'309 He said: 'Do not curse this world for it is a good place for the believer: in the world he may achieve what is good and through it he may be delivered from what is evil.
If a person says: 'May God curse the world.' The world says: 'May God curse he who has most disobeyed his Lord.'310 306 tu9af al-!uqYl; p.27. 307 bi9"r al-anw"r; vol.74, chap.7, p.188. 308 mak"rim al-akhl"q; p.463. 309 bi9"r al-anw"r; vol.70, chap.122, p.87, 9ad:th 51. 310 ibid. vol.74, chap.122, p.78, 9ad:th 51.
The Prophet said: 'How can anyone work for the afterlife if his desire for this world is not cut off or his lust for it is not overcome.'311 He also said: 'Think often of death, for whoever thinks often of death will surely abstain from the things of this world.'312 He said: 'O AbY Dharr, Whenever a person abstains from this world God causes wisdom to grow in his heart and be spoken from his tongue.
Then He gives him insights into the faults of the world and its malady and its antidote and He takes him out of the world in safety to the abode of peace.'313 He advised Abu Dharr: 'O AbY Dharr, if you see that your brother has abstained from this world then listen to him for he will dispense wisdom.'314 The Prophet declared: 'Whoever abstains from this world will find calamities to be insignificant.'315 He also said: 'Desire for worldly things increases worry and grief whereas abstinence from worldly things gives repose to the heart and the body.'316 Once one of the angels came to the Apostle of God and said: 'O Muhammad, your Lord conveys you a greeting of peace and says:…