A Comfortable Life
It is reported that Umar b. Abd Al-Aziz once wrote to Al-Hasan Al-Basri to get a brief exhortation from him, so Al-Hasan wrote back ,
"The dunya distracts and preoccupies the heart and body, but al-zuhd (asceticism, not giving importance to worldly things) gives rest to the heart and body. Verily, Allah will ask us about the halal things we enjoyed, so what about the haram!"
Al-Bayhaqi, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabir, article 26.
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