Bismillahir
Rahmaanir Raheem
Hazrat Maulana Yunus Patel Saheb (Rahmatullahi 'alayh)
When a person
talks about something EXCESSIVELY, then know that the love of that thing has
entered his or her heart. The one who talks excessively about fast cars,
fashionable clothes and accessories, pretty women, handsome men, multi-storey
buildings, palaces, gold and silver and oil wealth, then the love of these
things has entered and settled in that heart. Such excessive attachment and
love for material things, spoils the heart and darkens the heart.
There is no sin
in earning and using wealth to provide for comfort and maintenance. However, the love for material possessions
must not enter the hearts. …A Muslim earns a Halaal livelihood not for
seeking and just acquiring ‘Dunya’; rather to spend on his family, without
being extravagant and lavish, and he earns with noble intentions of going for
Hajj and Umrah, assisting the poor and needy, and to channel his money in other
Deeni causes.
The toilet is a
necessity and some homes have beautiful toilets; some even have gold taps, etc.
But what would we think of the person who talks excessively about his toilet?
…Just like the toilet, the things of this world are necessities - we,
therefore, don’t make the material things of this world objects of reverence
and veneration. Just like we would not give our hearts to our toilets, we
should not give our hearts to worldly commodities.
The one who
talks excessively about Deen, about the Love of Allah Ta’ala and His Beloved
Rasul (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam), then
their love has entered and settled in that heart. This love beautifies and
enlightens the heart and the life of the person.
Of course,
during business hours, the businessman will talk mainly about business with his
clients and customers, the doctor will talk about medicine and health, and the
fruit seller will call upon passers-by to purchase his fruit. All this talk, with the correct intention,
causes no harm to the spiritual self.
