Let's Read Surah Kahf Today (Friday) -- True Zuhd and Taqwa

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate

One of the most beautiful words ever uttered were at the end of a lecture of the Prophet's life where the speaker said referring to the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace):

"He had the world at his feet, yet not a dinar to his name."

Indeed that's what true zuhd (asceticism) and taqwa (piety) is, having the dunya (world) bestowed upon you from every angle imaginable and sacrificing it for the Noble Countenance of your Creator and Sustainer. This is a noble attribute that most have lost, except those who have been encompassed by the Mercy of Allah.

'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said:

"Verily the dunya (world) is coming to an end, and the akhirah (Hereafter)is coming to a beginning and they both have children. So be children of the akhirah and don't be children of the dunya. For verily today there is action with no account and tomorrow there's account with no action."

Let us not allow ourselves and our families to be distracted by this dunya and its temporary beauty for the joys which will last for eternity. Let us be the children of the akhirah and not of the dunya.

Let us wear the garments of iman (faith) and taqwa (piety) as they are the only true garments that cover the 'awrah, and are the only protection from the tribulations of the dunya.

Allah Most High says in Surah Al-Kahf,

ـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمُ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ

Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds. (30) Those will have gardens of perpetual residence; beneath them rivers will flow... [Quran, Al-Kahf 18:30-31]

ٱلْمَالُ وَٱلْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ ٱلْحَيَو‌ٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَٱلْبَـٰقِيَـٰتُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ أَمَلًا ﴿٤٦

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) [Quran, Al-Kahf 18:46]
May Allah make us of those people who benefit from admonition. May Allah make us of the Muttaqin and save us from the trials and tribulations of this life and the next. Ameen.

May Allah make grant us true zuhd and taqwa. Ameen.

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam.

And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all.

Wassalaam