The Messenger of Allah, Muhammad salla Allahu alaihi wasallam was asked,
‘Who are those Awliya of Allah, those who will have no fear or grief?’
The Messenger of Allah sallla Allahu alaihi wasallam replied:
“They are those who look into the essence of worldly life while others look onto its surface.
And they worry about the delayed reward of this life, while others worry about the immediate reward.
And they kill off what they fear will kill them.
And forsake what they know will forsake them.
Whenever any worldly matter jumps in their way, they reject it.
They abase any high-ranking worldly position which tries to dupe them.
Life to them is worn out, but they do not renew it.
Their houses crumble, and they do not reconstruct them. Love for their houses dies in their hearts, but they do not revive it; rather, they demolish it and build their Hereafter with it. They sell it and buy with it what will last for them.
They look at the people of this world falling down, and they learn their lesson. Therefore, they do not find any security below for what they hoped for, nor fear below for what they are worried about.”
– Narrated by Sayyidina Anas ibn Malik radiya Allahu anhu
Source: Sermons of the Prophet Muhammad by Abu Nasr Muhammad Ibn Wad’an
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