Hurry sickness and Islam ( part 2 )

Islam is not only the religion that provides ritual practices or festival occasions or spiritual meditation for its follower, but more than that, the most important, Islam come up with the real solution for human problems.

In the case of hurry sickness, looking the bigger picture for this issue, we have to understand first the real character of human being.

Prophet  Muhammad ( PBUH ) said that

“If the son of Adam were to possess two valleys of riches. he would long for the third one. And the stomach of the son of Adam is not filled but with dust. And Allah returns to him who repents.” (Muslim)

According to this hadith, it is clear that humans never feel satisfied with their achievement. Thus, not surprisingly, they are always in chronic rush not to fulfill their necessity but to pursue the wealthy life. Of course it could not be reached as human never content with their life.

Therefore, Allah always stresses in the Quran that the life in world means nothing, compared to the hereafter as he mention in surah Fatir :-

O mankind, indeed the promise of Allah is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allah by the Deceiver. ( Fatir : 5 )

In another versus, Allah give the interesting parable of ife in the world   

Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allah and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion. ( AL-Hadid : 20 ).

In other words, life in the world only considered to be a bridge for human that it will determine their faith in the next world. If they obey to god command and be a good caliph to other creation, then they will achieve the real success after death. If not, they will be put in the hell.

Therefore, if humans know that the main purpose of life in the world only to be tested and they will get their reward in hereafter, they will slow down their desire. As a result, their life become balanced between religious necessity and world.

It has been related from the scholar:

“Work for the world as if you were going to live forever, and work for the hereafter as if you are going to die tomorrow."

Thus, Muslims have to focus their religious practical seriously as they will die anytime. Meanwhile, it is assumed that their life is forever as they should not afraid about their necessity. So, do not hurry in pursuing the world demand. In fact, the world will follow us if we pursue the hereafter.