“The Holy Prophet (S) is reported to have said: The Dirham and the Dinar have destroyed many a people before you and they will destroy you too. Even if a person is not, supposedly, afflicted by other vices, which is improbable or rather impossible, the sole attachment to the world is sufficient to cause many…
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The Holy Prophet (S) states: Seek knowledge…
The Holy Prophet (S) states: Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave. Some of the religious wajibat are no longer applicable during old age and at the time of weakness, but acquiring knowledge and learning is wajib for man since his birth until his death. In other words, acquiring knowledge is wajib at all…
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The state of darkness, narrowness, tension…
The state of darkness, narrowness, tension and constriction that appears in one’s heart due to this vice [Envy] is not likely to occur in other moral vices. In any case, the person possessing this vicious trait suffers torments in this life, then the oppressive darkness and constriction in the grave, and will ultimately be helpless…
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According to the Ulama, the punishment…
According to the Ulama, the punishment of the grave and the darkness therein is one of the evil consequences of this vice [Envy]. They maintain that the bearer of this vice, with its associated spiritual tension and gloom, is oppressed by pressure and darkness in the grave and in Barzakh. One’s condition in the grave…
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The punishment of the grave, which is a model…
The punishment of the grave, which is a model of the punishment in the Hereafter. And according to some traditions we will not be able to avail in the Barzakh any intercession of the intercessors. God alone knows what kind of punishment it will be! The state of affairs on the Day of Resurrection will…
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