(tul-i Amal)

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    (Tul-i amal). It means one wants and desires a long life so that he may derive all the pleasures, joys and enjoyment. Desiring a long life for the purpose of performing worships is not considered as worldly ambitions. Those who have worldly ambitions would not perform their worships on their due times. They also stop making repentance. Their hearts are hardened. They don't remember death. Preaching and advice does not show any effect on them. Following hadiths communicate: "Remember often the things that will put an end to pleasures," and "If animals would know what you know about the happenings of life after death, you couldn't find any well fed animal," and "Anyone who remembers death constantly day and night will accompany martyrs in the Day of Gathering 'Qiyamat'." A person who has worldly ambitions (Tul-i Amal) always thinks of how to obtain worldly possessions and ranks and wastes his life to obtain them. He forgets about the next world and preoccupies himself with pleasures and enjoyments. Striving to earn enough money to obtain food stuffs which are necessary to support one's family members for a duration of one year is not considered as "tul-i amal". This one year's of food is called "Hawayij-i asliyya" and is considered among the things that are necessary to support life. Therefore, it is not included for the calculation of "Nisab" for obligatory almsgiving. Anyone having only this much of money would not be considered rich. A bachelor who does not have this much of money may store 40 days' of food stuff. Storing more than this amount causes him to lose his trust (Tawakkul) in Allahu ta'ala. Following was communicated in the hadiths, "The best among the human beings is the one who lives a long life and performs good deeds," and "The worst among the human beings is the one who lives a long life and performs evil deeds," and "Do not wish or ask to die. The punishments of the grave are very severe. Living a long life by obeying the laws of Islam is a great happiness." and "The hair of a human being, which becomes white while the owner of those hair ages in the way of Islam, will be lights 'Nurs' on the Day of Gathering 'Qiyamat'."
     

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