Prophet's (PBUH) Prayer for His Household that Allah make their Sustenance the Bare Minimum
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
O Allah, make for the family of Muhammad the provision which is a bare subsistence.
Commentary
The meaning of “qut” in this duā is : that level of sustenance whereby one has just enough to survive. What boggles the mind is that this is a duā that a father is making for his family!
This hadith demonstrates the deep recognition that the Messenger of Allah ( PBUH) had of the reality of this world. He was fully aware that anything more than what fulfils one’s needs can easily throw a person headlong into heedlessness and vanity. For this reason, his duā is ultimately a duā of mercy.
In a narration found in Bukhāri and Muslim, he (PBUH) said, “[O my Ummah], it is not poverty that I fear for you, rather I fear that the [temptation of the] life of this world opens itself up to you like it did for the people before you. I am afraid that you will compete in its acquisition just like they did; and it will destroy you as it destroyed them.”
We learn from these words of wisdom that whatever suffices us for our needs is better than that abundance which makes us heedless of Allah.
Allah (SWT) says ;
أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ١ حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ
“Competing in amassing (wordly means) has distracted you, until you reach the graves…” Quran 102:1-2
Source : Sacrifice - The Legacy of our Beloved Prophet ( PBUH ) by Tameem Ahmadi
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