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The Holy
Prophet [s] said: "There will come a
time for people that: they will not
respect their scholars except for their
good clothing; they will not hearken to
the Qur'an except for the pleasant
voice; & they will not worship Allah
except for during the fasting month;
there will be no shyness in their women,
no patience in their poor ones;
& no prosperity for their rich ones,
they will not be contented with a small
(portion), & they will not be
satiated with abundance. They will
strive (only) for their stomach; their
religion is their money
(wealth); their women are their Qiblah
(direction of worship); & their homes
are their
mosques; theyrun away from their
scholars just as lambs run away from
wolves.
Then, when they become like that, the
Lord will afflict them with three
conditions. At first, He takes the
prosperity from their
properties. The second is that a cruel
ruler will dominate them. The third is
that they will
pass away from this world without having
(true) Faith." (Waqayi'-ul-'Ayyam,
p. 439) |
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Sitting an hour in a learned gathering
is better in the eyes of God than a
thousand nights in each of which a
thousand prayers are performed, & better
than engaging in battle for the sake of
God on thousand occasions, or better
than reciting the whole of the Quran
twelve thousand times, or better than a
whole year of worship during which one
fasts on all days & spends the nights in
prayer. If one leaves one's house with
the intention of gaining knowledge, for
every step that he takes, God shall
bestow upon him the reward reserved for
a prophet, & the reward accorded to a
thousand martyrs of [the Battle of] Badr.
& for every word that he hears or
writes, a city shall be set aside for
him in paradise .. Jami’ al-Sa’adat
(The Collector of Felicities). |
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