The Ant & The Honey

Posted under Nasiha, Seeds by Radiant Light

Yahya ibn Mu`adh said, “O how poor is man, if he fears Hell in the same degree of his fearing poverty, then he will enter Paradise.”

One of the salaf said: “Beware of the life of this world because its magic is more effective than that of Harut and Marut. The two latter’s separate a man from his wife whereas the life of this world separates a man from his Rabb.”

Assalamualaykum

Lately we’ve been having ant issues in the area where we live.
To say the least they’re annoying the life out of us, but Khair they are creatures of Allah too.

The other day, I went to get honey, and found that a few ants had got in to it and died.
So an analogy hit me (yea I know not again!)
It was that this ant came out of its hole to find food, sustenance so that it can survive, it saw honey and the sweetness attracted it, there was honey on the lid, but it decided to go for the place where it was more, and ultimately died.

In the same way, the dunya (world) is like honey for Muslims, it is sweet and enticing, we have to survive in it, and keep our attachement to it as a minimum, Or else If we become greedy, it will eventually lead to our doom.

May Allah (swt) let our honey be Jannah so that we may be attracted to it by commiting good deeds insha’Allah .

WaAlaykumAssalam :)