02-06-2006, 09:56 AM
Bismillah
as salam alykom
Whatever the Messenger salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam said was aiming towards teaching us how to perceive issues, handle situations, deal with others...etc.
On how to perceive this world / life/ dunia he said:
Narrated Abi Horaira that the Messenger salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam said:" The world (Dunia) is the prison of the believer and Jannah (paradaise) of the Kafir (non believer)"
(reported by Muslim, Termidhi and Ibn Majeh)
By a quick look into this brief though extremely eloquent phrase, we understand how exactly we must live in this world. We must see the boundaries, limits, and restrictions, besides of course the temptations, tests and tribulations as a prison, but prisons are always Alhamdulelah temporary whereas it is at the same time the paradise of a non believer who has nothing else to aim for.