Worldly Things (Wealth and Children)

Worldly Things

"The
love of desires has been made beautiful to people such as women,
sons, piled up mounds of gold and silver, branded horses, cattle
and farm land. Those are the provisions of this life and with Allah
is the best place of return."

[Qur'an Al
'Imran: 14]

Allah
created in us a love for the worldly things mentioned in the verse.
The love for them and the pleasure we experience is from Allah and
is the nature with which He created us. It is only becoming obsessed
with them at the expense of remembrance and obedience of Allah,
which is from Shaitaan. Thus, we must balance between these allowed
pleasures, staying away from the haraam pleasures and maintaining
our obedience to Allah and remembrance of Him in our lives. Allah
said:

"Say:
Who has forbidden the Allah's beautiful things, which he has brought
forth for His slaves and the wholesome types of sustenance? Say:
They are for those who believe in the life of this world, exclusively
on the day of Qiyama. In this way, we explain the signs in detail
for a people who know."

[Al-A'raaf: 32]

Allah
created all of these items of pleasure and enjoyment "for His
slaves". We know from other verses that the good things of
Allah will be had by believers and by non-believers in this life,
but Allah's statement the he brought these things forth "for
His slaves" means that they are the ones mainly intended and
they are the ones who rightfully enjoy the provision of Allah Most
High. Furthermore, they will be the only ones to enjoy them in the
hereafter where they will be rewarded with every kind of provision
"of like nature" to what they enjoyed in this earth but
infinitely better and perfect in every way. On the other hand, although
the disbelievers will partake of these things in this life, they
do not do so rightfully and will see none of it in the hereafter.

Even
a believer can lose rightful ownership of worldly things in his
physical possession through sin and disobedience as in the famous
hadith about the traveller about which the Prophet said: "...his
food was haraam, his drink was haraam, his mount was haraam...".
Even those things in his possession at the moment were haraam
to him because of his sin and forbidden transactions he was involved
in.

Likewise,
in the verses about interest, Allah first states the absolute lack
of any benefit from the haraam by saying:

"Allah
obliterates interest and compounds charity and Allah does not love
those extreme in disbelief, extreme in sin."

[Al-Baqarah: 276]

After
ordering us to repent from dealing in interest, cease all involvement
in it and forgo any that may be "owed" to us under the
haraam contracts, Allah informs us that if one fails to
repent and do all of this, all of his wealth is no longer rightfully
his:

"So,
if you fail to do so, then be informed of war from Allah and His
Prophet. If you repent, your base capital is yours. You will not
oppress nor be oppressed."

[Al-Baqarah: 279]

We
understand from Allah's statement: {If you repent, your base
capital is yours.} that, absent this repentance, not only is
the interest component haraam to you but so is all of your
wealth including that not involved in interest transactions - until
you repent and fulfill all of the requirements of repentance.

So,
the things of this life are ni'ma (goodness) from Allah and, by
putting in our nature love for them, Allah has granted us this pleasure.
But it is important to remember that He also put them there as a
test to see which of us can enjoy them but keep love of Allah and
remembrance of Him above all and which of us will become obsessed
with the worldly things and forgetful of Allah. Allah said:

"We
have surely made all that is on the Earth a beatification of it
that we may test which of you are best in deeds."

[Al-Kahf: 7]

Wealth,
sons and all of the things that people compete in and love by nature
are the beautification of this life. They will disappear and the
only thing which will remain is our deeds. Allah said:

"Wealth
and sons are the beautification of the life of this world and that
which remains, the good deeds are better before Allah in reward
and better in hope."

[Al-Kahf: 46]

Good
deeds are the only thing we can take with us and which can help
us in the hereafter. Worldly things will disappear and cannot -
in themselves - help us before Allah. This does not mean that they
are "opposites" or exclusive of each other. It is a common
deviation to feel that all things "worldly" are opposite
and cannot mix with all things "spiritual". The worldly
things can be used to worship and obey Allah or they can make one
forget Allah and be used to disobey Him. The Prophet said:

"Whoever
has three daughters and is patient with them, feeds them, give them
drink and clothes them in the best manner will find them to be a
shield from the fire on the day of Qiyama." Narrated
by Ahmed and it is sahih.

Shunning
the world or all things "worldly" or the belief that "world"
and "religion" are opposites and mutually exclusive is
an innovation (bid'a) started by the Christians. After mentioning
the prophethood of Isa (Peace be upon Him), Allah said:

"And
we placed in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and
mercy but asceticism was their innovation. We did not prescribe
it for them other than seeking the pleasure of Allah but they did
not take care of that as they should have. We gave those believed
among them their reward but many of them were corrupt."

[Al-Hadeed: 27]

Wealth
does not equal disobedience - it can be used for obedience or used
in disobedience. A Muslim should enjoy the halaal which Allah gives
him/her and use it in obedience. A Muslim should not even conceal
it from others. The Prophet said: "Whoever has wealth should
let its effects be seen." At-Tabarani and it is Sahih.

Wealth
and children should be used as vehicles for worshipping Allah Most
High - by raising good Muslim children, having money in order to
pay Zakat or for extra spending in the path of Allah or to help
others, etc. In this way, worldly things can increase our remembrance
of Allah rather than distract us from it. Allah said:

"O
you who believe, do not let your wealth or your children distract
you from the remembrance of Allah.

As for those who do this, they are indeed the losers."

[Al-Munafiqoon: 9]

The
love which Allah placed in our hearts for each other - and especially
of a man for his wife necessitates an urge to obey their demands
and to please them even if displeasing Allah Most High. In this
context, Allah described dependents as enemies saying:

"O
you who believe, surely among your wives and your children is an
enemy to you, so beware of them. And, if you overlook, forbear and
forgive, surely Allah is the Forgiving, the Merciful."

[At-Taghaabun: 14]

An
"enemy" is one who either intends harm or in some way
poses a threat to one's well being. Wives and children may pose
a threat, not because of any intention of harm on their part but
because of some desires for things displeasing to Allah Most High
and because of the love of the man for them and his desire to please
them. The fist half of this verse may make a man think that he should
be harsh with his wife and children in order to protect himself
from this danger. The second half makes it clear that this is not
the case and that he should be forgiving, forbearing and compassionate
with them and hope for the same from Allah Most High.

This
is why Allah established the hierarchy of the Muslim family: the
father as amir who although he should consult his wife
in many issues, has the final word whenever he chooses to use that
option - as long as it is not disobedience to Allah. The children
must obey both of their parents and show them the respect that Allah
has ordered them to show. This is not just during childhood, but
for their entire life. The Prophet said: "You and everything
you own belong to your father."

Destruction
of this hierarchy is one of the signs of Qiyama, which
has been mentioned in various hadith. The Prophet mentioned among
the signs that "a female slave will give birth to her master".
This means that a female slave (of Allah) will give birth to
a child do devoid of respect and disobedience for his/her parents
that the child will be as the "master" of the mother who
gave birth to them! The Prophet also mentioned the obedience of
a husband to his wife as one of the signs of the end.

O
Allah! Show us the truth as the truth and grant us the following
of it

And
show us falsehood as falsehood and grant us staying distant from
it

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