Shaykhul Islaam Ibn Taymeyyah رحمه
الله said:
“The one whose Religion is upright and sound (inwardly and outwardly),
there will not be an eagerness in him (for seeking wealth and status/position).
That is because the heart, when it tastes the sweetness of servitude to Allaah
and having love for Him, there is nothing more beloved to him than that, so he
gives precedence to it over (than the love for wealth and fame/status). For
that reason Allaah turns away the people who are sincere for the sake of Allaah
from committing evil and lewd deeds:
كَذَٰلِكَ
لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ السُّوءَ وَالْفَحْشَاءَ ۚ إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُخْلَصِينَ
“Thus it was, that We shall turn away from him evil and
illegal sexual intercourse. Surely, he was on of Our sincere slaves.”
Soorah Yusuf ayah 24
[Majmoo’ al-Fatawaa 10/214]
Translation by: Markaz Mu’aadh bin Jabal Islamic Centre
