Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (626) | The reality of luxury
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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The reality of luxury (al-taraf).
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Luxury is the most potent factor in diverting a woman from piety and asceticism in this world.
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It does not merely mean enjoying the blessings of Allah.
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Rather, the one who is "luxurious" (mutraf) is the one heedless of the Hereafter.
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The one who indulges in and expands upon the pleasures and desires of this world.
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For the one whom luxury has corrupted,
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is the one whom blessings have caused to transgress and become insolent.
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Insolence (al-batr) is the rejection of the truth.
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Luxury is never mentioned in the Qur'an except in a blameworthy context.
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As in the words of Allah the Exalted:
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“If only there had been among the generations before you men possessing a remnant (of good sense) to warn (their people) from corruption in the earth, as did a few of those whom We saved from them! The wrong-doers followed that by which they were made sapless, and were guilty.” (11:116)
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And His saying, the Exalted:
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“And We sent not unto any township a warner, but its pampered ones declared: Lo! we are disbelievers in that wherewith ye have been sent.” (34:34)
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"Indeed, we are disbelievers in that with which you have been sent."