LessonsEncouragement, Ease, Service to Others, and Social Etiquette (Hadith 154–161)Quiz

لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الضَّيْعَةَ فَتَرْغَبُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا
Do not become occupied with farms and estates in a way that draws you into attachment to worldly life.

Source: الترمذي

لَا تَتَّخِذُوا is a plural prohibition, “do not take up.” الضَّيْعَةَ means agricultural property such as farms and orchards. فَتَرْغَبُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا expresses the feared outcome: developing excessive attachment to worldly life.

Farming, gardening, and lawful earnings are not inherently condemned. The warning concerns activities that so absorb a person that remembrance of Allah, worship, and people’s rights are neglected. The real issue is uncontrolled absorption in possessions, not a blanket prohibition on agriculture.

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Hadith 156: Worldly pursuits and heedlessness

Encouragement, Ease, Service to Others, and Social Etiquette (Hadith 154–161)

لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الضَّيْعَةَ فَتَرْغَبُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا
Do not become occupied with farms and estates in a way that draws you into attachment to worldly life.

Source: الترمذي

لَا تَتَّخِذُوا is a plural prohibition, “do not take up.” الضَّيْعَةَ means agricultural property such as farms and orchards. فَتَرْغَبُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا expresses the feared outcome: developing excessive attachment to worldly life.

Farming, gardening, and lawful earnings are not inherently condemned. The warning concerns activities that so absorb a person that remembrance of Allah, worship, and people’s rights are neglected. The real issue is uncontrolled absorption in possessions, not a blanket prohibition on agriculture.