When Sayyiduna ‘Isa عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَيْهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَام returned along with his companions and came across the dead bodies, he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام pointed to the gold and the dead bodies of the three men and said, ‘See, this is the reality of the world. It is compulsory for you to stay away from it.’ (Ithaf-us-Sadat, vol. 9, pp. 835)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Greed for foods and drinks

Dear Islamic brothers! Remember! The way the greed for wealth is destroying our society like a termite, similarly, the greed for foods and drinks is also found everywhere.  Whether it is a child or an adult, young man or old man, man or woman, a poor man or a rich man, in short, the greed for foods and drinks has attracted everyone. People are busy buying food from the market along with different types of diseases. Everywhere foods and drinks are being bought with great excitement. This is the age of ‘food culture’. There are many hotels, restaurants and fast food shops in every area. Everywhere we can see the stalls of spicy food items. There are a large number of shops selling enormous types of sweet dishes. Apart from the consumers who purchase food to fulfil their needs, there are many consumers who buy food just to satisfy their Nafs (desire) – hoarding up and devouring everything they get. Such sights are common especially in the wedding ceremony and Valimah ceremony etc. As the feast starts, the people who are greedy for food and drink fall on the food and drink in such a way  as angry beasts of prey attack their prey. Before eating people do not recite بِسْمِ اللّٰہ and the Du’a of eating food let alone washing hands. By seeing such people it seems like the last meal of their life. After this they will never be able to eat such a nice and delicious meal throughout their life. Since a greedy person is overpowered by the fear that the food may finish or may be short, he fills his plate more than his need, thus wasting plenty of food. He gobbles food down without chewing properly and then later on visits doctors and Hakeems. Alas! We are so much overpowered by the greed for food that we neither worry about worldly loss, nor about offering Salah, observing fasts, nor about the mindset of spending for righteous deeds, nor for caring