Prosperity the greatest trial
Al-Risala (English), November-December 1994, p. 17
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
Prosperity the greatest trial
1994 11-12 November-December 17 Prosperity the greatest trial (79) Saad ibn Abi Waqqas records the Prophet as saying: “More that the affliction of hardship, it is the affliction of prosperity that I fear on your account. When you were afflicted by hardship, you showed great forbearance; but as for the world, it is overly sweet and luscious.”
According to Auf ibn Malik, the Prophet also said: “You will be showered with worldly riches, so much so that if you stray, it will be precisely because of them.”
(at-Tabarani)
