The world is not worth to sorrow over it!

 بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد 

O my brothers and sisters!

Allaah has Decreed and Preordained that every individual will face trials:

وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَيْءٍ مِّنَ الْخَوْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَنفُسِ وَالثَّمَرَاتِ

{And certainly, We shall test you with something of fear, hunger, loss of wealth, lives and fruits…}

📚[Surah al-Baqarah (2):155]

And Allaah تعالى created us into a life of Kabad:

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

{Verily, We have created man into [a life of] pain, toil and trial.}

📚[Surah al-Balad (90): 4]

In this life, there are no exceptions, every person will taste hardships and trials. He will have his share of distress and sorrow. This is his share of this worldly life. The beauty will be changed into ugly, the sweet to sour, the good to evil, the pleasant to bad, the joy to sadness. What goes up must come down. The nations which rose high fell, and the strong got conquered, the royals were debased, the rich were made poor.

So, one should not look for permanent comfort in this world. He should work for attaining a place closer to Allaah in the Jannah. For what is in this world will perish, but what is with Allaah is everlasting.

مَا عِندَكُمْ يَنفَدُ ۖ وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ بَاقٍ ۗ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ الَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

{All that is with you is bound to come to an end, whereas that which is with Allaahh is everlasting.}

📚[Surah al-Nahl (16): 96]

There are among us, those who are undergoing stress and sorrow, are in debts, afflicted with illness and diseases, yet they face these trials with a cheering face, with their chest expanded (free from worries), while being satisfied with the Decree of Allaah, knowing that what is here is going to perish, and what is there is everlasting, and knowing that he was not send into this world except to use it as a means to reach the Hereafter.

The setting of the sun is a daily reminder to us that how every day comes to an end, similarly, a day is coming when this world will come to an end. Whosoever understands the reality of this world will find tranquility and will be satisfied with whatever he has. But as for the one, who – whenever the world is restricted for him – starts complaining and grumbling, shows dissatisfaction, is ungrateful, raises his voice, and speaks only about the negativity in life and the hardships, the anxiety, and the sorrows, while belittling the blessings and favors he has; he should be reminded that he is treading the wrong path, and pursing in the wrong direction. He needs to be reminded that he is on the earth and not in the Jannah. The life in this world is not perfect, one will not live forever on this earth. This world is not pure, and Allaah تعالى Willed that this world be cursed, as the Prophet ﷺ had said: ❝The world, with all that it contains, is accursed except for the remembrance of Allah that which pleases Allah; and the religious scholars and seekers of knowledge.❞

📚[Sunan al-Tirmidhee (2322) and Sunan Ibn Maajah (4112) and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

The majority of those who have been afflicted with distress, sorrow, hardship have not understood the reality of this world as it should be understood. Allaah تعالى said:

اعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ وَزِينَةٌ وَتَفَاخُرٌ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَوْلَادِ ۖ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَعْجَبَ الْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَاهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَامًا

{Know that the life of this world is only play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children, as the likeness of vegetation after rain, thereof the growth is pleasing to the tiller; afterwards it dries up and you see it turning yellow; then it becomes straw.}

📚[Surah al-Hadeed (57): 20]

Allaah تعالى compared the life of this world to vegetation, which is pleasing in the beginning but at the end it dries up and turns into straw. Similarly, Allaah تعالى explained the cycle of a human being, from a weakling he turns to be strong, only to become weak and feeble in his old age.

اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ ضَعْفٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ ضَعْفٍ قُوَّةً ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ ضَعْفًا وَشَيْبَةً يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَاءُ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيمُ الْقَدِيرُ

{Allaah is He Who created you in (a state of) weakness, then gave you strength after weakness, then after strength gave (you) weakness and grey hair. He creates what He wills. And it is He Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful (i.e., Able to do all things).}

📚[Surah al-Room (30): 54]

The one who understood the reality of this life will know that there is no escape from these hardships, distress, and sorrows. So, he accepts Allaah’s Decree and waits patiently for the relief. Look at the biography of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, he was tried severely, he suffered hunger and thirst, he did not live a luxurious life, he did not live in palaces and mansions, all his children died in his lifetime except for Faatimah رضي الله عنها who passed away 6 months after his ﷺ death, he was expelled from his city, his Companions were punished in front of him, his uncle Hamzah was killed in Uhud, he himself was injured on the battle of Uhud and his tooth got broken, and he and his Companions had to migrate. Yet with all this, he ﷺ lived a life free from worries, because he knew how worthless this world is, and he knew about the promise of Allaah which never fails, and he had complete Trust in Allaah. Allaah تعالى did not make this world a place of recompense for his Auliyaa. Their true reward is waiting for them in the Hereafter. This is why when the Prophet ﷺ was given a choice to live a longer life in this world or to choose the Hereafter, and he ﷺ chose to meet his Lord سبحانه وتعالى.

Narrated `Aaishah رضي الله عنها: When the Prophet ﷺ fell ill in his fatal illness, he started saying: ❝With the highest companionship (in Paradise).❞

📚[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree]

Narrated `Aaishah رضي الله عنها: When the Prophet ﷺ was healthy, he ﷺ used to say: ❝No soul of a Prophet is captured till he is shown his place in Paradise and then he is given the option.❞ When death approached him ﷺ while his head was on my thigh, he became unconscious and then recovered his consciousness. He then looked at the ceiling of the house and said: ❝O Allaah! (with) the highest companionship.❞ I said (to myself): "Hence, he is not going to choose us." And I realized that what he had said was the application of the narration which he used to mention to us when he was healthy. The last word he ﷺ spoke was: ❝O Allaah! (with) the highest companionship.❞

📚[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree and Saheeh Muslim]

How many people became old, weak, and feeble bodied, down with illnesses and diseases - because of their attachment to this worldly life. Sorrow, anxiety, distress, etc., are a result of this attachment. People are either worried of what will happen tomorrow, or they are sad because of what they lost yesterday. They complain saying: “I am in debts”, “my kids are disobedient”, “I am afflicted with illness”, etc. This is what has been decreed in the life of this world. We will all be tested with fear, will suffer pain, will be afflicted with illnesses, lose wealth and properties. There is no comfort, relaxation, or rest except in the Hereafter.

A person from Khurasaan came to Imaam Ahmed Ibn Hanbal رحمه الله and said: “O Abu Abdullaah! I came all the way from Khurasaan to ask you about a matter.” Imaam Ahmad said: “Ask!” The man said: “When will a person taste (true) relaxation?” He replied: ❝When he will take the first step into the Jannah.❞

📚[Tabaqqat al-Hanaabilah (1/293)]

A person was asked: “When will we get to rest?” He replied: ❝When the Siraat (bride over the Hell-fire) is behind us!❞ (Meaning: after we have crossed it!)

The rest is there, in the Hereafter, in the meeting with Allaah, in the obedience of Allaah, in the remembrance of Allaah. Anyone who searches for rest in anything other than this is a Miskeen (wretched and miserable)! Such a person is treading a wrong path, and he is going in the wrong direction.

People who were alive yesterday were buried today, and those who are alive today will be buried tomorrow. Those who are alive today prayed the funeral prayer for those who passed away yesterday, and those who will be alive tomorrow will pray the funeral prayer for those who have passed away today.

تِلْكَ أُمَّةٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ ۖ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُم مَّا كَسَبْتُمْ ۖ وَلَا تُسْأَلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

{That was a nation which has passed on. It will have [the consequence of] what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what they used to do.}

📚[Surah al-Baqarah (2): 134, 141]

·         Remember death and most of your worries will fade away!

·         Remember death and the comfort of this world will become meaningless!

·         Remember death and the objects of this world will become worthless!