Letter Eleven
Whoever wishes to be close to his Lord, and be granted a special place beside Him, then let him take only what is necessary from this world, that which can be obtained without hardship and toil. Do not be deceived by the knowledge of those who are in love with this world, nor by their works, no matter what the case; they are ignorant, and bereft of knowledge. The scholar who follows the Sunnah is the one who detests this world and takes only that which is sufficient for him.
This is the way of our Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace. Whoever's heart is absorbed with the love of this world, and his limbs with accumulating from it, has no knowledge, and no works.
'God does not look to your images, nor to your bodies; rather, He looks to your hearts.'
'Truly, it is not eyes that are blind, but the hearts that lie in the breasts.' (Quran: 22/46)
Peace.
Idris
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