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Three Things That Bring Ruin (Sermon)

no name given · Alukah – Freitagspredigten (Riad) · 2026-09-21 · Riad · Source

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The spiritual and worldly ruin of human beings results from submission to greed, desire, and self-admiration, which can be healed through giving, God-fearing, and humility.

Three things are ruinous: obedience to greed, following of desire, and a person's self-satisfaction with himself.

The text is an Islamic sermon (khutbah) that identifies three traits as causes of ruin: obedience to greed, following of desire, and self-admiration. The speaker relies on Quranic verses and hadiths to underpin these warnings. He describes greed as the rule of money over the heart and desire as idolatry that displaces God-fearing. Self-admiration is presented as pride that undermines humility before God. For each of the three evils, a specific remedy is offered: giving and generosity against greed, the fear of God against desire, and remembrance of one's origin from dust against self-admiration. The sermon is addressed to the gathered congregation and calls for inner repentance and the practical implementation of these virtues.

Worldview

what this means
What, according to this text, is the root of the evil?
Greed, consumption, an insatiable desire for more; Ignorance, illusion, a false view of reality
Where does the evil reside?
in the heart, the will, or the soul of the individual
What helps against it?
inner transformation, repentance, a change of mind; contentment, fasting, voluntary sacrifice, letting go
What is human being according to this text?
entangled in deception or desire, but capable of being set free
Where is history heading?
the message stands outside of history
What does the text base its claim on?
on the founder or prophet of the tradition; on the holy scripture of its own tradition
To whom does the text's call for devotion apply?
to one's own fellow believers
Where is the text's criticism directed?
at one's own community and at oneself

Related texts from other traditions

by similarity of the analysis, one text per tradition

What the text calls for

Passages cited

Koran 3:102 · Hadith Anas ibn Malik (al-Bazzar/at-Tabarani) · Hadith Malik im Muwatta · Koran 68:17-20 · Koran 11:15-16 · Koran 45:23 · Koran 63:10 · Koran 2:274

Measured

Basic stance
-1 from -2 to 2
Insistence
3 of 3
Reach
3 of 5
Concreteness
2 of 3
Boundary
1 of 3
Time
past 2, present 2, future 3

Analysed with qwen/qwen3.8-27b, version v3. The same standards apply to every tradition, see Values.

Full text in English
Three Things That Bring Ruin The First Sermon Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds. Praise be to Allah who has warned us of the paths of ruin and destruction, and guided us to the path of guidance and piety. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, a testimony under whose shade we live, for whose sake we live, and upon which we shall meet Allah, Exalted and Glorified. And I bear witness that our master, our beloved, our great one, our teacher, and our instructor, Muhammad, is the Messenger of Allah. May Allah send prayers and peace upon him, his family, and his companions, and may He send abundant peace upon them until the Day of Judgment. "O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to Him]." [Al Imran: 102] To proceed: O dear beloved ones in Allah, One day, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) stood before his companions and delivered a profound sermon, uttering words more precious than gold. He said, peace and blessings be upon him—as narrated in the hadith reported by Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him and grant him satisfaction, which is a hasan (good) hadith: "Three things are destructive: an obeyed miserliness, a followed desire, and a man's self-admiration." [Narrated by al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani, and graded hasan by al-Albani] Therefore, O brothers in faith, these three destructive things do not only destroy a person in this worldly life, nor does one lose only this world because of them; rather, one may lose both this world and the Hereafter. One may live in this world—because of these destructive traits—in misery, illusion, and sorrow known only to Allah, despite possessing the treasures and adornments of this world! And whoever is characterized by these three traits will be found in misery in this world, in distress and worry—may Allah protect us from that—and may suffer in both this world and the Hereafter. 1. An Obeyed Miserliness: O fellow Muslims, miserliness does not merely refer to stinginess. In the authentic hadith about him, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, when he was asked: "Will the believer be cowardly?" He said: "Yes." Then he was asked: "Will the believer be stingy?" He said: "Yes." Then he was asked: "Will the believer be a liar?" He said: "No." [Narrated by Malik in al-Muwatta] A person may be stingy on a certain day, but miserliness is not merely stinginess, even though stinginess is blameworthy. However, O brothers in faith, miserliness is stinginess accompanied by extreme greed and covetousness. This is a calamity; instead of making wealth a servant in one's hand, one makes wealth a king and master that owns one's heart and controls it! This is the calamity: when wealth becomes a master that owns your heart, instead of being a servant in your hand whom you move as you wish. This is miserliness, and this is the ruin from which the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, warned us. And look, O servants of Allah, at the consequence of obeyed miserliness, and how greed destroys its owner. Take heed of what Allah has narrated to us in His Book regarding the story of "the Owners of the Garden"; for they had a righteous father who used to give charity from the fruits of his garden and orchard to the poor and the needy. When he died, his sons inherited it, and miserliness took hold of their hearts. They obeyed their greed and swore among themselves that no poor person would enter it today! Greed blinded their insight, so they went out early in the morning, hiding and striving to prevent the right of Allah and the right of the poor. What was the result? A party from your Lord passed over it while they were sleeping, and it became like a blackened ruin! It turned into black ash, so they found nothing but loss and regret, and there is no time for regret! Allah, Exalted is He, stated the consequence of their miserliness and greed: "Indeed, We have tested them as We tested the owners of the garden when they swore they would certainly reap its fruits in the morning, * And would not make any exception, * So a party from your Lord passed over it while they were sleeping, * And it became like a blackened ruin." [Al-Qalam: 17-20] Thus does obeyed miserliness treat the blessings of Allah; it takes them away, wipes out their blessing, and begets ruin. How many kinship ties have been severed because of wealth and miserliness? How many souls have been extinguished because of miserliness, stinginess, extreme greed, and covetousness? How many families have been scattered because of wealth, extreme greed, and stinginess? And the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, warned us and said: "An obeyed miserliness," obeyed; instead of you controlling it, wealth has become that which you obey and follow! This is the great calamity and this is the disaster. Therefore, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said while speaking about this world and warning us against it: "[As for] those who desired the worldly life and its adornment, We will give them in full measure for what they used to do therein, and they will not be wronged therein. * Those are the ones for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter except the Fire, and worthless is what they used to do therein, and vain is what they used to do." [Hud: 15-16] 2. A Followed Desire: He follows his desires, he obeys his desires, he makes his desires his god, and he is not aware of it! He walks behind the lusts and pleasures that anger Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. So whatever agrees with his desires and pleases him, he follows it, even if it contradicts the Sharia of Allah! And this is the calamity. For Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: “Have you seen the one who takes his desire as his god, and Allah has led him astray with knowledge, and sealed upon his hearing and his heart, and placed over his vision a veil? Then who will guide him after Allah? So will you not take heed?” [Al-Jathiyah: 23]. Imagine with me, imagine that your god is your desire without you being aware of it! When the command of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, and the command of the Hereafter coincide with the command of this world, the one who follows his desires—may Allah protect us from that—prioritizes the command of this world over the command of the Hereafter. But the one who follows what Allah and His Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, have commanded, if the command of this world conflicts with the command of the Hereafter, he prioritizes the command of the Hereafter over the command of his worldly life, and he walks behind the truth and never follows his desires. 3. A PERSON’S SELF-ADULATION: A person’s self-adulation; so Allah opens for him with wealth, and he thinks that this is due to his effort and toil and his strength, so he becomes self-adulating! Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, opens for him from the treasuries, so he looks down upon others and becomes self-adulating. No; so a person should not become self-adulating. Therefore, it is dangerous for a person to become self-adulating with his wealth, or his strength, or his status, or his complexion, or his height! We must be aware: “Three are destructive: an obeyed stinginess, a followed desire, and a person’s self-adulation.” We ask Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, to grant us and you success in what He loves and is pleased with. I say this and I seek forgiveness from Allah, the Great, for myself and for you, so seek His forgiveness, and what a victory for those who seek forgiveness. The Second Sermon Praise be to Allah, and that is sufficient, and blessings and peace upon His chosen servants. As for what follows, O brothers in faith: The cure for these three destructive things: The cure for stinginess: It is giving and generosity, and knowing that wealth is the wealth of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, and He takes it at any time. So let a person remember that he may be saved from the punishment of Allah because of half a date: “Fear the Fire, even if it is with half a date” [Agreed upon]. And let a person remember that after his death, he will wish to return to the world to give in charity, and he will say: “My Lord, why did You not delay me until a near term, so that I would give in charity and be among the righteous?” [Al-Munafiqun: 10]. So let him remember that spending will bring him happiness in this world and the Hereafter: “Those who spend their wealth by night and by day, in secret and in public, will have their reward with their Lord, and there will be no fear for them, nor will they grieve” [Al-Baqarah: 274], especially if you spend on your family, your relatives, and your kin, the rewards will be multiplied. “And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul, then those are the successful ones” [Al-Hashr: 9]. The cure for desire: The cure for a followed desire is that we remember standing before Allah, and that we strive our souls to do acts of obedience and to please Allah. Allah, the Most High, said: “But as for he who fears standing before his Lord and restrains himself from [the desires of] the soul, then indeed, it is Paradise that is the residence” [Al-Nazi'at: 40-41]. So let the one who follows his desires remember that if he strives his soul and restrains it from sins and disobedience, the reward is a Paradise whose width is the heavens and the earth. The cure for self-adulation: We all remember, if we become self-adulating, the origin of our creation: “You are all from Adam, and Adam was from dust” [Narrated by Tirmidhi]. There is no distinction of a white person over a black person, nor of an Arab over a non-Arab, except by piety: “Indeed, the noblest of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you” [Al-Hujurat: 13]. So let us remember the origin of our creation; our beginning is a clinging clot, and our end is a filthy corpse! Why do we become arrogant and self-adulating? A single small thorn makes you bow despite your strength, height, and width! A thorn makes you suffer, so who am I and who are you? So let us not become self-adulating, and let us humble ourselves before Allah. He, the Most High, said: “Have the people not seen that We created them from a sperm-drop, then, behold, they are an open adversary? And he gives Us a parable and forgets his own creation. He says, ‘Who will give life to bones while they are disintegrated?’ Say, ‘He will give them life who created them the first time, and He is, of every creation, Knowing’” [Ya-Sin: 77-79]. So I conclude and repeat the saying of the Prophet, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him: “Three are destructive: an obeyed stinginess, a followed desire, and a person’s self-adulation.” The Supplication: We ask Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, to grant us and you success in all good, and to make us and you among those who listen to the word and then follow the best of it. O Allah, reform us and reform the youth of the Muslims and the daughters of the Muslims, and return us to You with a beautiful return. • O Allah, do not let these wudu-performing faces leave this mosque except with a forgiven sin, a rewarded effort, an accepted deed, and a profitable trade that does not fail, O Lord of the worlds. • O Allah, make this country safe, secure, prosperous, and generous, and the rest of the lands of the Muslims. • Whoever intends harm to us, our country, and our religion, O Allah, keep him occupied with himself, make his planning lead to his own destruction, and turn his scheme back upon his own neck, O You who are capable of all things. • O Allah, be a support for our oppressed brothers in the land of Palestine and the rest of the lands of the Muslims. • O Allah, take hold of Your enemies, the enemies of the religion, from among the Jews, the Christians, and the hypocrites; show us in them the wonders of Your power, O You who are capable of all things. O servants of Allah, send prayers and peace upon the one whom Allah has commanded you to send prayers and peace upon, and He said: “Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings upon the Prophet. O you who have believed, send blessings upon him and greet him with a complete greeting” [Al-Ahzab: 56]. O Allah, send prayers, peace, and blessings upon Your servant and Your messenger, the unlettered Prophet, and upon his family and his companions, and send abundant peace until the Day of Judgment... and establish the prayer.
Full text in the original
ثلاث جالبة للهلاك الخطبة الأولى الحمدُ للهِ ربِّ العالمينَ، الحمدُ للهِ الذي حذَّرنا سُبُل الهلاكِ والرَّدَى، ودلَّنا على طريقِ الهدى والتُّقَى. وأشهدُ أن لا إلهَ إلا اللهُ وحدَه لا شريكَ له، شهادةً نعيشُ في ظلِّها ونحيا من أجلِها، ونلقى اللهَ تبارك وتعالى عليها. وأشهدُ أنَّ سيِّدنا وحبيبَنا وعظيمَنا وأستاذَنا ومعلِّمَنا محمدًا رسولُ اللهِ، صلَّى اللهُ وسلَّم عليه وعلى آلِه وصحبِه، وسلَّم تسليمًا كثيرًا إلى يومِ الدِّين. ﴿ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ ﴾ [آل عمران: 102]. أما بعدُ؛ فيا أيُّها الأحبابُ الكرامُ في اللهِ: وقفَ النبيُّ - صلَّى اللهُ عليه وآله وسلَّم- ذاتَ يومٍ أمامَ أصحابِه، فوعظَهم موعظةً عظيمةً، وألقى عليهم كلماتٍ أغلى من الذهبِ، وقال عليه الصلاةُ والسلامُ -كما في الحديثِ الذي رواه أنسُ بنُ مالكٍ رضي اللهُ عنه وأرضاه، وهو حديثٌ حسن-: «ثَلَاثٌ مُهْلِكَاتٌ: شُحٌّ مُطَاعٌ، وَهَوًى مُتَّبَعٌ، وَإِعْجَابُ الْمَرْءِ بِنَفْسِهِ» [رواه البزار والطبراني، وحسنه الألباني]. ولذلكَ -إخوة الإيمانِ- هذه الثلاثُ المهلكاتُ لا تُهلِكُ الإنسانَ في الدنيا فقط، ولا يخسرُ بها الدنيا فقط، بل قد يخسرُ بها دنياه وآخرتَه، وقد يعيشُ في هذه الدنيا -بسببِ هذه المهلكاتِ- في شقاءٍ وهمٍّ وغمٍّ لا يعلمُه إلا اللهُ، رغْمَ ما يملِكُه من كنوزِ الدنيا وزخارفِها! ومَن اتَّصفَ بهذه الصفاتِ الثلاثِ، فتجدُه في شقاءٍ في الدنيا، وفي ضيقٍ وفي هم _ والعياذ باللهِ- وقد يشقى في دنياه وآخرتِه. 1. شُحٌّ مُطَاعٌ: والشُّحُّ -معاشرَ المسلمينَ- لا يُقصَدُ به البخلُ فقط. ففي الحديثِ الصَّحيحِ عنه عليه الصلاةُ والسلامُ لمَّا سُئِلَ: «أَيَكُونُ الْمُؤْمِنُ جَبَانًا؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. فَقِيلَ لَهُ: أَيَكُونُ الْمُؤْمِنُ بَخِيلًا؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. فَقِيلَ لَهُ: أَيَكُونُ الْمُؤْمِنُ كَذَّابًا؟ قَالَ: لَا» [رواه مالك في الموطأ]. فقد يكونُ الإنسانُ بخيلًا في يومٍ ما، لكنَّ الشُّحَّ ليس البخلَ فقط، مع أنَّ البخلَ مذمومٌ، ولكنَّ الشحَّ -إخوةَ الإيمانِ- هو البخلُ مع الحرصِ الشديدِ والطمعِ. وهذه مصيبةٌ؛ فبدلَ من أن يجعلَ الإنسانُ المالَ خادمًا في يدِه، يجعلُ المالَ ملِكًا وسيدًا يملِكُ قلبَه ويتحكَّمُ فيه! هذه هي المصيبةُ؛ عندما يصلُ المالُ إلى سَيِّدٍ يملِكُ قلبَك، بدلَ من أن كان خادمًا في يدِك تُحرِّكُه كيفما تريدُ. هذا هو الشحُّ، وهذا هو الهلاكُ الذي حذَّرنا منه النبيُّ صلَّى الله عليه وآله وسلَّم. وانظروا يا عباد الله إلى عاقبة الشح المطاع، وكيف أن الطمع يُهلك أهله، واعتبروا بما قصّه الله علينا في كتابه من قصة "أصحاب الجنة"؛ إذ كان لهم والدٌ صالحٌ يتصدق من ثمار جنته وبستانه على المساكين والفقراء، فلما مات، ورثه أبناؤه، فتمكّن الشح من قلوبهم، وأطاعوا طمعهم، وأقسموا فيما بينهم ألا يدخلنّها اليوم عليهم مسكين! لقد أعمى الطمع بصائرهم، فغدوا في الصباح الباكر متخفين حريصين على منع حق الله وحق الفقراء، فماذا كانت النتيجة؟ طاف عليها طائف من ربك وهم نائمون، فأصبحت كالصريم! تحولت إلى رمادٍ أسود، فلم يجدوا إلا الخسارة والندم، ولات ساعة مندم! قال الله تعالى مبينًا عاقبة شحهم وطمعهم: ﴿ إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ * وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ * فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ * فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ ﴾ [القلم: 17-20]. هكذا يصنع الشح المطاع بنعم الله؛ يُذهبها ويمحق بركتها ويُورث الهلاك. كم من أرحامٍ قُطِعَت بسبب المالِ والشُّحِّ فيه؟ كم من أرواحٍ أُزهِقَت بسبب الشحِّ والبخلِ والحرصِ الشديدِ والطمعِ؟ كم من أُسَرٍ شُرِّدَت بسبب المالِ والحرصِ الشديدِ والبخلِ؟ وقد حذَّرنا النبيُّ صلَّى الله عليه وآله وسلَّم فقال: «شُحٌّ مُطَاعٌ»، مطاعٌ؛ بدلَ من أن تُسيِّرَه أنت، أصبحَ المالُ هو الذي تأتمرُ بأمرِه وتمشي وراءَه! هذه هي الطامَّةُ وهذه هي المصيبةُ. ولذلك قال اللهُ عزَّ وجلَّ وهو يتحدَّثُ عن الدنيا ويُحذِّرنا منها: ﴿ مَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا نُوَفِّ إِلَيْهِمْ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فِيهَا وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يُبْخَسُونَ • أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا النَّارُ وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُوا فِيهَا وَبَاطِلٌ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴾ [هود: 15-16]. 2. هَوًى مُتَّبَعٌ: يتبَعُ هواه، يُطِيعُ هواه، يجعلُ إلهَه هواه وهو لا يشعرُ! يمشي وراءَ الشهواتِ والملذَّاتِ التي تُغضِبُ اللهَ عزَّ وجلَّ، فما وافقَ هواه وأعجبَه مَشَى وراءَه ولو كان مخالفًا لشرعِ اللهِ! وهذه هي المصيبةُ. فاللهُ عزَّ وجلَّ قال: ﴿ أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَهَهُ هَوَاهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَى سَمْعِهِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَجَعَلَ عَلَى بَصَرِهِ غِشَاوَةً فَمَنْ يَهْدِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ اللَّهِ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴾ [الجاثية: 23]. تخيَّلوا معي، تخيَّل أن يكون إلهُك هواك من غيرِ ما تشعرُ! عندما يجتمعُ في وقتٍ واحدٍ أمرُ اللهِ عزَّ وجلَّ وأمرُ الآخرةِ مع أمرِ الدنيا، فصاحبُ الهوى -والعياذ باللهِ- يُقدِّمُ أمرَ الدنيا على أمرِ الآخرةِ. لكنَّ الذي يتَّبِعُ ما أمرَ اللهُ به ورسولُه عليه الصلاةُ والسلامُ، إذا تعارضَ أمرُ الدنيا مع أمرِ الآخرةِ، قدَّمَ أمرَ الآخرةِ على أمرِ دنياه، ومشى وراءَ الحقِّ ولا يتَّبِعُ هواه أبدًا. 3. إِعْجَابُ الْمَرْءِ بِنَفْسِهِ: إعجابُ المرءِ بنفسِه؛ فتحَ اللهُ عليه بمالٍ، فيظنُّ أنَّ هذا بتعبِه وكدِّه وبقوَّتِه فيُعجَبُ بنفِسه! فتحَ اللهُ عليه عزَّ وجلَّ من الخزائنِ، فيحتقِرُ الآخرينَ ويُعجَبُ بنفسه، لا؛ فلا يُعجَبُ الإنسانُ بنفسِه. ولهذا خَطِيرٌ أن يُعجَبَ الإنسانُ بمالِه, أو بقوَّتِه، أو بجاهِه، أو بلونِه، أو بطولِه! لا بدَّ أن نتنبَّه: «ثَلَاثٌ مُهْلِكَاتٌ: شُحٌّ مُطَاعٌ، وَهَوًى مُتَّبَعٌ، وَإِعْجَابُ الْمَرْءِ بِنَفْسِهِ» . نسألُ اللهَ عزَّ وجلَّ أن يُوفِّقنا وإيَّاكم لما يُحبُّه ويرضاه، أقولُ قولي هذا وأستغفرُ اللهَ العظيمَ لي ولكم، فاستغفروه فيا فوزَ المستغفرينَ. الخطبة الثانية الحمدُ للهِ وكَفَى، وصلاةً وسلَامًا على عبادِه الذينَ اصْطَفَى. أما بعدُ، إخوةَ الإيمانِ: العلاجُ لهؤلاءِ الثلاثِ المهلكاتِ: علاجُ الشُّحِّ: هو البذلُ والعطاءُ، وأن تعلمَ أنَّ المالَ مالُ اللهِ عزَّ وجلَّ يأخذُه في أيِّ وقتٍ، فليتذكَّر الإنسانُ أنَّه قد ينجو من عذابِ اللهِ بسببِ نصفِ تمرةٍ: «اتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ» [متفق عليه]. وليتذكَّر الإنسانُ أنَّه بعد مماتِه يتمنَّى أن يعودَ إلى الدنيا ليتصدَّقَ، فيقولُ: ﴿ رَبِّ لَوْلَا أَخَّرْتَنِي إِلَى أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ فَأَصَّدَّقَ وَأَكُنْ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ ﴾ [المنافقون: 10]. فليتذكَّر أنَّ الإنفاقَ سيَسعدُ به في الدنيا والآخرةِ: ﴿ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ سِرًّا وَعَلَانِيَةً فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ﴾ [البقرة: 274]، وخاصَّةً إذا أنفقتَ على أُسرتِك وأرحامِك وأقاربِك، تكون الأجورُ مضاعفةً، ﴿ وَمَن يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ ﴾ [الحشر: ٩]. علاجُ الهوى: علاجُ الهوى المتَّبَعِ هو أن نتذكَّر الوقوفَ بين يدي اللهِ، وأن نُجاهدَ أنفسَنا على فعلِ الطاعاتِ ومرضاةِ اللهِ. قال اللهُ تعالى: ﴿ وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَى * فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَى ﴾ [النازعات: 40-41]. فليتذكَّر صاحبُ الهوى أنَّه إذا جاهدَ نفسه ونهاها عن المعاصي والذنوبِ، فالجزاءُ جنَّةٌ عرضُها السماواتُ والأرضُ. علاجُ الإعجابِ بالنفسِ: نتذكَّر جميعًا إذا أُعجِبنا بأنفسِنا أصلَ خلقتِنا؛ «كُلُّكُمْ لِآدَمَ وَآدَمُ مِنْ تُرَابٍ» [رواه الترمذي]. لا فرقَ لأبيضَ على أسودَ، ولا لعربيٍّ على أعجميٍّ إلا بالتقوى: ﴿ إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ ﴾ [الحجرات: 13]. فلنتذكَّر أصلَ خلقتِنا؛ أوَّلُنا نُطفةٌ مَذِرَةٌ، وآخرُنا جيفةٌ قَذِرَةٌ! لماذا نتكبَّر ونُعجَبُ بأنفسِنا؟ شوكةٌ واحدةٌ صغيرةٌ تجعلُك تنحني رغْمَ قوَّتِك وطولِك وعرضِك! شوكةٌ تجعلُك تتألَّم، فمَن أنا ومَن أنت؟ فلا نُعجَب، ولنتذلَّل بين يدي اللهِ. قال تعالى: ﴿ أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الْإِنْسَانُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُبِينٌ * وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَنَسِيَ خَلْقَهُ قَالَ مَنْ يُحْيِي الْعِظَامَ وَهِيَ رَمِيمٌ * قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا الَّذِي أَنْشَأَهَا أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌ ﴾ [يس: 77-79]. إذن أختِمُ وأُعيدُ حديثَ النبيِّ صلَّى الله عليه وسلم: «ثَلَاثٌ مُهْلِكَاتٌ: شُحٌّ مُطَاعٌ، وَهَوًى مُتَّبَعٌ، وَإِعْجَابُ الْمَرْءِ بِنَفْسِهِ» . الدعاء: نسألُ اللهَ عزَّ وجلَّ أن يُوفِّقنا وإيَّاكم لكلِّ خيرٍ، وأن يجعلنا وإيَّاكم من الذين يستمعون القولَ فيتَّبعون أحسنَه. • اللهمَّ أصلِحنا وأصلِح شبابَ المسلمينَ وبناتِ المسلمينَ، ورُدَّنا إليك ردًّا جميلًا. • اللهمَّ لا تُخرِج هذه الوجوهَ المتوضئةَ من هذا الجامعِ إلا بذنبٍ مغفورٍ، وسعيٍ مشكورٍ، وعملٍ مقبولٍ، وتجارةٍ رابحةٍ لا تبورُ يا ربَّ العالمينَ. • اللهمَّ اجعل هذا البلدَ آمنًا مطمئنًا رخاءً سخاءً وسائرَ بلادِ المسلمينَ. • مَن أرادنا وأراد بلادَنا ودينَنا بسوءٍ فاللهمَّ اشغلْه بنفسِه، واجعل تدبيرَه في تدميرِه، ورُدَّ كيدَه إلى نحرِه يا مَن أنت على كلِّ شيءٍ قديرٌ. • اللهمَّ كُن لإخوانِنا المستضعفينَ على أرضِ فلسطينَ وسائرِ بلادِ المسلمينَ. • اللهمَّ عليك بأعدائِك أعداءِ الدِّين من اليهودِ والنصارى والمنافقينَ، أَرِنا فيهم عجائبَ قدرتِك يا مَن أنت على كلِّ شيءٍ قديرٌ. عبادَ اللهِ، صلُّوا وسلِّموا على مَن أمركم اللهُ بالصلاةِ والسلامِ عليه، فقال: ﴿ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا ﴾ [الأحزاب: 56]. اللهمَّ صَلِّ وسلِّم وبارك على عبدِك ورسولِك النبيِّ الأمِّيِّ وعلى آلِه وصحبِه، وسلِّم تسليمًا كثيرًا إلى يومِ الدِّين... وأقمِ الصلاةَ.