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Ahmad Ibn Ammar (رحمه الله) narrates: A group of students set out together with their teacher to attend a janaazah. As they proceeded, they noticed a pack of dogs playing happily together. The teacher turned to his students and remarked, "Notice how happily these dogs are playing together."

After returning from the janaazah, they again passed by the dogs. This time, however, they were standing around a carcass and barking at each other. They began to bite and snatch morsels of meat from the carcass. Within a short time they were growling and fighting with each other over the meat.

The teacher turned around to his students and warned, "My students, you have seen these animals. Remember that you too will remain the best of friends as long as worldly riches do not come between you. When the world comes between you, you too will argue and fight like dogs over a carcass." [Tarikh Dimishq, Vol 5, p 85; 170 Qissah wa Qissah lil Hafidh Ibn 'Asakir, p 103]

Short sighter men whose gaze is upon the material world are often driven by greed to quarrel, fight and even kill. [Pearls from the Path, Vol 3]

See also: Attraction of Worldly Life - http://www.muftisays.com/forums/peop...ldly-life.html

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