http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/which-life/ English translations of narrations from the Salaf - the earliest believers, our righteous predecessors, and true scholars of Islam. Selected and translated by Owais Al-Hashimi Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:30:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/which-life/#comment-227 umm sulaimaan Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:53:18 +0000 http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/2008/10/14/which-life/#comment-227 naa'am....may Allah increase us all in beneficial knowledge and make us of those who act upon it, and then call to it. ameen. May Allah also move us far from what distracts our hearts from His remembrance. ameen naa'am….may Allah increase us all in beneficial knowledge and make us of those who act upon it, and then call to it. ameen.
May Allah also move us far from what distracts our hearts from His remembrance. ameen

]]> http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/which-life/#comment-216 Sajid al-Hindi Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:09:32 +0000 http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/2008/10/14/which-life/#comment-216 As Br. Owais (hafidhahullah) has mentioned, if you seek "secular" education with the intention to earn halaal rizq, serve the Muslims, be self-sufficient so that you don't have to beg the people, etc. then infact you are seeking it for the HereAfter. If you are seeking that education just for "honor" amongst the people or for fame or show or for earning money with greed for money and at the expense of not praying on time, not fasting, not fulfilling other acts of ibaadah, then that is blameworthy. As Br. Owais (hafidhahullah) has mentioned, if you seek "secular" education with the intention to earn halaal rizq, serve the Muslims, be self-sufficient so that you don't have to beg the people, etc. then infact you are seeking it for the HereAfter. If you are seeking that education just for "honor" amongst the people or for fame or show or for earning money with greed for money and at the expense of not praying on time, not fasting, not fulfilling other acts of ibaadah, then that is blameworthy.

]]> http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/which-life/#comment-215 Owais Al-Hashimi Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:33:40 +0000 http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/2008/10/14/which-life/#comment-215 Wa alaykumus-salam, Here it means to seek the material things and strive for worldly benefit at the expense of one's efforts for the good of the hereafter. In response to your question, a person who does something in order to fulfill a duty in Islam is not pursuing the dunya, but in fact working for the hereafter, if his intentions are true and pure. Wa alaykumus-salam,
Here it means to seek the material things and strive for worldly benefit at the expense of one's efforts for the good of the hereafter. In response to your question, a person who does something in order to fulfill a duty in Islam is not pursuing the dunya, but in fact working for the hereafter, if his intentions are true and pure.

]]> http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/which-life/#comment-213 Anonamous Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:33:45 +0000 http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/index.php/2008/10/14/which-life/#comment-213 Asalamo alaikom What does it mean to persue the dunya? So a person who seeks secular education to pay zakah is persuing the dunya? Asalamo alaikom
What does it mean to persue the dunya? So a person who seeks secular education to pay zakah is persuing the dunya?

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