Shaykh ‘Abdul-Kareem bin ‘Abdullah al-Khudayr [May Allaah
Presereve him]
Member of the Council of Senior Scholars and the Permanent Committee of Research and Fatwaa, Saudi Arabia
Jaami at-Tawheed, ar-Riyaadh
11/7/1435 – 15/4/2014
The abstinence from the Dunyaa of the Prophet [Peace and
Blessings of Allaah be upon him], his simplicity, his striving for the Da’wah, is
something well-documented and books are over filled with such examples.
He slept on a cushion stuffed with fibre that would leave marks on his back and
so forth. So how is it possible that one exchanges what Allaah has given to us
(from the various favours, including technology), preferring it over the
example of the Prophet, knowing what he was like and how his life was filled
with extreme scarcity?
There is no doubt that the Muslim is required to have as
less as possible from the Dunyaa, as much as he is able. The Muslim should live
as if they are a stranger and be sufficed with what they have to fulfill their
needs.
Before cars came about, people were sufficed with camels and
walking, and it would take months and weeks to reach their destination. If the journey was for a
long distance, they would be away for years. Seasons would go by and they would
be travelling without reaching their destination, despite this, their hearts
were tranquil. Yes, their bodies would tire but they were contented.
In those days, people who would come from the east would often come carrying food and other goods. They would have utensils and tools that whenever
they would pass by towns and villages they would let the inhabitants benefit
from them. Some of the elderly alive today recall such practices as pilgrims from the east would come during the season of Hajj.
Today, we live in a global village, where travelling a long
distance can be done in hours. Our clothes remaining clean when we reach our
destination, not feeling any form of tiredness or fatigue after travelling a
great distance, but what about our hearts? By Allaah, the hearts are hard!
If you want to test the hardness of the heart, then look at
the manners of the people on the roads. The lack of manners (and road rage),
what does this all lead to?
In contrast, look at the patience of the Prophet [Peace and
Blessings of Allaah be upon him]! Sleeping on a cushion that left marks, from
stern leather and rough fibre, but now, we are only satisfied with whatever is
comfortable and soft. Subhaan Allaah!
The favours of Allaah will never expire, centuries have gone
by and people have been doing Hajj in demanding circumstances, so it is a must that
we account ourselves because the favours will never stop coming. Allaah
Musta’aan (Allaah’s Help is sought).
[Adapted from a lecture entitled 'as-Seerah an-Nabaweeyyah' 107-110mins]
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