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257. It was narrated that 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ud said: "If the people of knowledge had taken care of it and presented it only to those who cared for it, they would have become the leaders of their age by virtue of that. But they squandered it on the people of wealth and status in this world in order to gain some worldly benefit, so the people of wealth and status began to look down on them. I heard your Prophet ﷺ say: 'Whoever focuses all his concerns on one issue, the concerns of the Hereafter, Allāh will suffice him and spare him the worries of this world. But whoever wanders off in concern over different worldly issues,
Allâh will not care in which of these valleys he is destroyed.”
(Da'if)
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The Hadith tells us that a man must keep an eye on the gains and losses of the Hereafter, even in matters mundane and temporal. A true believer thus sacrifices his worldly benefits for his gains in the Hereafter. Consequently, he relishes, rather than grieve over his worldly losses and sacrifices, and thus becomes secure from all worldly concerns.
Neglecting the Hereafter has its evil consequences, even in this world, to the extent that anyone who does it, is always plagued by worries and concerns. He falls into grief at anything that he loses, while a true believer maintains his patience and fortitude for the simple reason that he hopes of a better reward in the Hereafter.
