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Leading an Ascetic Life
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (RadhiAllaho anho) reported:
Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said,
"Look at those who are inferior to you
and do not look at those who are superior to you,
for this will keep you from belittling
ALLAH, Subhanahu wa ta'ala's Favour to you.''
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
This is the wording in Sahih Muslim.
The narration in Al-Bukhari is:
Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said:
"When one of you looks at someone who is superior
to him in property and appearance,
he should look at someone who is inferior to him".
Commentary:
By looking at the worldly goods and riches of others, a person gradually
becomes unthankful for the blessings which Allah has bestowed on him.
The best remedy for this "disease" is that which has been prescribed by
Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) in this Hadith.
The remedy is that one should look at the people who have lesser worldly
goods and riches than one's own. If a person has a small house of his own
which can protect him from the harshness of weather, then he has no need
to see enviously towards sky-high buildings and palatial houses of others.
He should look at the homeless people who spend their nights on footpaths
and live in huts which in rain leak like sieve and are swept away by a wave
of flood water, etc. But from a religious angle, one should see towards those
who are more fearful of ALLAH, Subhanahu wa ta'ala, and observe
their Salat meticulously so that one becomes more fond of obedience of
ALLAH, Subhanahu wa ta'ala, has a greater fear of Him and devotes more time
to prayer and devotion. This dispensation is also given in other Ahadith.
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (RadhiAllaho anho) reported:
Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said,
"Look at those who are inferior to you
and do not look at those who are superior to you,
for this will keep you from belittling
ALLAH, Subhanahu wa ta'ala's Favour to you.''
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
This is the wording in Sahih Muslim.
The narration in Al-Bukhari is:
Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said:
"When one of you looks at someone who is superior
to him in property and appearance,
he should look at someone who is inferior to him".
Commentary:
By looking at the worldly goods and riches of others, a person gradually
becomes unthankful for the blessings which Allah has bestowed on him.
The best remedy for this "disease" is that which has been prescribed by
Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) in this Hadith.
The remedy is that one should look at the people who have lesser worldly
goods and riches than one's own. If a person has a small house of his own
which can protect him from the harshness of weather, then he has no need
to see enviously towards sky-high buildings and palatial houses of others.
He should look at the homeless people who spend their nights on footpaths
and live in huts which in rain leak like sieve and are swept away by a wave
of flood water, etc. But from a religious angle, one should see towards those
who are more fearful of ALLAH, Subhanahu wa ta'ala, and observe
their Salat meticulously so that one becomes more fond of obedience of
ALLAH, Subhanahu wa ta'ala, has a greater fear of Him and devotes more time
to prayer and devotion. This dispensation is also given in other Ahadith.

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