Let's Read Surah Kahf Today (Friday) -- Wealth And Children

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

Wealth and children are the beauty of this world. It makes life worth living. There is nothing wrong to enjoy and benefit from these blessings. But in the story of a man with two gradens in Surah Al Kahf, Allah is reminding us that wealth and children are not going to last forever. It is the good deeds that will last forever. One of the companions said one SubhanAllah is a good deed. Simply one SubhanAllah is more beneficial than all the wealth and children you have because that one SubhanAllah will stay with you forever.

No matter how much money you have, once you die it will all go to someone else. Your children will not follow you to the grave. If they are righteous, they might remember to make du'a for you. But if you are not righteous and not teaching them Islamic manners and how to worship their Lord, don't expect anything like this from your children.

Don't get caught in the pleasures of the moment, that you lost the reality of death. Not a single soul will live forever.

الْمَالُ وَالْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ وَالْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ 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]

Wealth in and of itself does not indicate that Allah is happy with you. This world is given to both who Allah loves and does not love. If you earn your wealth through halal means and spend it on halal, then your wealth is one of the best gifts from Allah, but if you earn it through haram means and spend it on haram then woe to you. Not being thankful to Allah for the blessings is the seed that sprout evil. The blessings can disappear like what Allah did to the man with the two gardens.

وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَا أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّي أَحَدًا ﴿٤٢

And his fruits were encompassed [by ruin], so he began to turn his hands about [in dismay] over what he had spent on it, while it had collapsed upon its trellises, and said, "Oh, I wish I had not associated with my Lord anyone." (42) And there was for him no company to aid him other than Allah, nor could he defend himself. (43) [Quran, Al Kahf 18:43]

We need to humble ourselves before Allah and not take what we have for granted, but utilize all the blessings for the worship of Allah and coming close to Him.

May Allah make us of the righteous and make our children of the righteous and enable us to utilize His blessings to come close to Him. Aameen.

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