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181 – He also said: “Whoever makes the Hereafter his chief concern, Allah will unite his affairs, place richness within his heart, and the world will come to him humbled. But whoever’s concern and intention are fixed on this world, Allah will scatter his affairs, set poverty before his very eyes, and nothing of the world will reach him except what has already been decreed for him.” He also asked us about the Middle Prayer; it is the ẓuhr (noon) prayer.
١٨١ - وَقَالَ: «مَنْ كَانَ هَمُّهُ الْآخِرَةَ جَمَعَ اللَّهُ لَهُ شَمْلَهُ، وَجَعَلَ غِنَاهُ فِي قَلْبِهِ، وَأَتَتْهُ الدُّنْيَا وَهِيَ رَاغِمَةٌ، وَمَنْ كَانَ هِمَّتُهُ وَنِيَّتُهُ لِلدُّنْيَا فَرَّقَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ ضَيْعَتَهُ، وَجَعَلَ فَقْرَهُ بَيْنَ ⦗٣١⦘ عَيْنَيْهِ، وَلَمْ يَأْتِهِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَا كُتِبَ لَهُ» , وَسَأَلَنَا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى؛ وَهِيَ الظُّهْرُ "