*   The love of this world is a cause of harming one’s religion.

*   The love of this world is a cause for misguidance.

*   The love of this world distances a person from pious deeds.

*   The love of this world makes a person heedless of the remembrance of the Hereafter.

*   The love of this world deprives a person from the love of Allah Almighty and His messenger.

*   The love of this world makes a person bold in committing sins.

In short, there is no goodness of any sort in the love of this world. Let us listen to two sayings of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in the condemnation of this world:

1.   The love of this world is the root of all sins. (Mosu’at Ibn Abi Al-Dunya, vol. 5, p. 22, Hadith 9)

2.   Six things destroy the (good) action:

1)   Staying in search of people’s flaws,

2)   Hardness of the heart,

3)   Love of this world,

4)   Lack of modesty,

5)   Long hope, and

6)   Oppression beyond the limit.

(Kanz-ul-‘Amal, Juz. 16, vol. 8, p. 36, Hadith 44016)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                            صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

O devotees of the Companions and Ahl-ul-Bait! You have heard how lowly and inferior this world is Therefore, considering it to be important is