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2340. Abū Dharr narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Abstinence in the world is not by prohibiting (oneself) the lawful nor by neglecting wealth, but abstinence in the world is that you not hold more firmly to what is in your hand than to what is in the Hand of Allāh, and that you be more hopeful of the rewards that come with an affliction that you may suffer if it remain with you." (Da'if)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Gharīb, we do not know of it except through this route. Abū Idrīs Al-Khawlānī's name is 'Āi'dhullāh bin 'Abdullāh, and 'Amr bin Wāqid is Munkar in Hadīth.
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Practising abstinence in the world means having more faith and reliance on Allāh rather than on what the person himself has come to possess, since it is Allāh who gives whatever He wills and takes back whatever He wishes. In this connection the Qur'ān says: Whatever is with you, will be exhausted, and whatever is with Allāh (of good deeds) will remain (16:96). Thus, if an affliction befalls a man, then instead of bemoaning and crying over it, he had better bear it with patience and awaken within himself a desire to earn a reward from Allāh for bearing the affliction with patience. He should never say to himself: "Would that the affliction had never befallen me" or: "Would that the affliction were removed from me". Such an attitude would deprive the person concerned of the reward Allāh has in store for those who are uncomplaining and patient.
