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It is almost like a patient who is very ill. While he is so very ill, surgery will be of no use,
for the surgeon will not operate because the patient is so very near death. Surgery is only
made use of when there is hope of being cured of an ailment.
In Bukhari and Muslim Shareef etc. is the story of Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi
Wasallam’s) displeasure with the wives of his household. At that time Suyyidina Umar
(Radiallahu anhu) is reported to have said: “I went to the house of Rasulullah (Sallallahu
Alayhi Wasallam) and found that his household consisted of three or four things. There
were a few handfuls of barley and one or two untanned skins lying in one corner. Apart
from these there were one or two other similar items. Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi
Wasallam) was laying on a mat of palm-tree leaves without any spread with which to
cover his body (as usually did), and there was nothing on the mat covering the roughness.
The result was that the rough pattern of the mat left its imprint on his body. Seeing this
(simplicity) I began to cry bitterly. Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) asked the
reason for this weeping. I replied:
O Rasul of Allah! Why should I not cry when marks of the mat on which you lie have
been imprinted on your holy body? And why should I not cry when the complete contents
of your home consist of only this which I now see? Look at the condition of Rome and
Persia! They do not worship Allah but look at their riches and wealth on the one si& and
your poverty on the other! (Kazrat Umar continues):
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) was at the time laying with his head on a
pillow, but hearing these words from me, sat upright and said:
Are you still in doubt, 0 Son of Khattab? They - the Romans and the Persians, are a
people whose rewards for their good deeds have been granted to them in this world.
In the Quran we are told:
“And had it not been that (through love of wealth) all mankind would have become one
nation (almost all non-believers), We would have appointed for those who disbelieved in
the Merciful One, roofs of silver over them for their houses and their stairs (of silver)
whereby they ascend, and doors of silver for their houses and couches of silver whereon
they recline and also ornaments of gold. “Yet all that would have been only a provision
for this world’s life. And the (success of) the Hereafter is only with your Lord for those
who guard against evil (and fear Allah).
(43. 33-35)
According to one Hadeeth Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: “Allah Ta’aala
says: ‘Had it not been that the believers would have become distressed (and troubled on
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