Hadees ~

The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: "I have
fears about you from the waywardness of your bellies and sex and
carnal desires." [Ahmed]
What Muhammad (sal Allahu alaihiwa sallam) most feared for his Ummah
was not poverty, war, or famine but our caving in to everybodily
desire. This results in everycorruption, most importantly the losing
of our Deen.
The buffets of five star hotels have ruined us. Our wayward bellies
are so enticed by this display we try to mimic it in our homes, we go
all out to earn just to satisfy more and more expensive cravings. We
have forgotten that Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) put us on earth to guide
and lead humankind to Jannah. We attempt instead to make our Jannahs
here. Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) has prepared the most lavish displays
of food and drink for us in Jannah, but we are in no hurry to reach
it. Instead we are wasting our time in the third classofferings of
this world. Billboards,advertisements, movies, T.V., all incite to
incessant fulfillment of our carnal desires. But even though we spend
a major portionof our time catering to our lusts they will never be
satisfactorily fulfilled in this life.
Indeed, Shaitaan attacks us through our bellies and private parts.
Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) says in the Quran: "The Shaitaan threatens
you with poverty and enjoins on you lewdness, whereas Allah promises
you His forgiveness and bounty; and Allah is infinite in His care, and
knows all things." [Surah al-Baqarah: 268/

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Prophet Muhammed (Salallahu Alayhi Wassalam) said: "A good deed done
to an animal is as good as doing good to a human being; while an act
of cruelty to an animal is as bad as an act of cruelty to human
beings," and that: "Kindness to animals was promised by rewards in
Life & Hereafter."
(Mishkat al-Masabih; Book 6; Chapter 7, 8:178)

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