The Islamic tradition emphasizes a balance between understanding our responsibilities for the next world with our role living in this transient world. And numerous verses of the Quran, coupled with traditions of the Prophet and his family speak to the importance of abstaining from attaching ourselves to this world, and meditating on the world beyond this one. In this lecture, Dr. Sheikh Faiyaz speaks about how we can prepare to live for the next world in three dimensions:
1- Defining Abstinence from the Dunya
2- Imam Ali’s Advice to His Companion Nawf
3- Lessons We Can Apply from the Imam’s Advice
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