COMFORTABLE LIFE HINDERS RELIGIOUS OBLIGATIONS

Sayyiduna Muhammad ibn Kab al Qurazi رضي الله عنه said that he was told of this hadith (tradition) by a man who had heard if from Sayyiduna Ali ibn Abu Talib رضي الله عنه who narrated that they were sitting in the mosque (Masjid Nabawi or Masjid Quba) with Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم when Mus'ab ibn Umayr رضي الله عنه came to them. He had no him a cloak of his patched with for. On seeing him, Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم wept recalling how he had lived in blessing (riches and comfort) and what had become of him after that. Then, Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said, : How will it be with you when one of you goes out in the morning in a mantle and returns in the evening wearing another mantle, and a dish is brought to him as another is removed, and you cloth your homes as the Ka'bah is covered?" They said, "O Messenger of Allah, on that day, we shall be better off than we are today, having enough time to worship and sufficient for our needs." He said, "No you are better today than you would be then." [1]