Let's Read Surah Kahf Today (Friday) -- In Pursuit Of Wealth

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 

We are reminded in Surah Kahf about wealth and children.

Wealth and children are [but] adornment of the worldly life. But the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for [one's] hope. (46) 

ٱلْمَالُ وَٱلْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَٱلْبَٰقِيَٰتُ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ أَمَلًا ‎﴿٤٦﴾‏

[Quran, al Kahf 18:46]

Wealth is something that has troubled the children of Adam from the very beginning of creation. Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: “The son of Adam grows old and so also two desires grow old with him; love for wealth and a wish for a long life.” [Bukhari]

The question of how much wealth and property one owns, or how many of the luxuries and pleasures of the world one enjoys, have preoccupied the thoughts of each and everyone of us at one point or another in our lives. Wealth has been the cause of wars, the cause of corruption, the cause of suicide, the cause of marriages and divorces, amongst many others.

As a Muslims we are to strive every day to develop the spiritual attributes that are essential in this world and the next. 

The most important thing for a believer to remember is that we were created for the sole purpose of worshiping the Lord of Creation alone, and this life is just a means of testing our obedience to Him and faith in Him. Whether we are granted abundant riches or severe poverty we must always strive to obey the commands of Allah and to fulfill our duties towards Him. A believer's honor lies in Islam. The words of Allah (the Qur'an) and the Sunnah should be our guides, not the desires of the society surrounding us, which places great value on wealth and materialism. 

We are merely travelers in this world and we will soon move on. What we will take with us from this world will be our good deeds. They will be our wealth on the Day of Judgment and they are what we will be judged on. He whose deeds are heavy on the Scale, will have succeeded and gained something that all the wealth of this world cannot buy the pleasure of his Lord and eternal Paradise.

‏اللهم إني أسألك الهدى، والتقى، والعفاف، والغنى

Allahumma inni as'alukal-huda, wat-tuqa, wal-'afafa, wal-ghina

O Allah! I beseech You for guidance, piety, chastity and contentment

Aameen