Ibn Daud - A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine

Love of the World
Exceptions
Physical Needs
Qur’ānic, Prophetic
& Scholarly Evidence
You want things of this world for your physical
necessities, and in order to be free from
burdening others with your needs
Attaining the Best of the Hereafter
You desire provision from the world for the
purpose of attaining the best of the Hereafter
Benefiting the Needy
Your attainment of wealth and position is for
the benefit of the needy
Allāh says, “Allāh is the One Who has
subjected the sea for you so that ships may
sail upon it by His command, and that you
may seek His bounty, and that perhaps you
will be grateful.” [Al-Jāthiyah 45:13]
The Prophet Mu#ammad prohibited
denunciation of the world. He said: “Lawful
riches are a benefit to a pious man” [Al-
Bayhaqī in Shu’ab Al-Īmān 1190]. He benefits
because he spends his wealth in meritorious
ways.
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