Are the luxuries of this dunya for us?

ʿUmar (raḍiyallāhu ʿanhu) said when once visiting the Prophet ﷺ, “I sat down and cast a glance at the room, and by Allah, I couldn’t see anything of importance but three hides. I said [to Allah’s Messenger], ‘Pray to Allah to make your followers prosperous, for the Persians and the Romans have been made prosperous and given worldly luxuries, though they do not worship Allah.’ The Prophet ﷺ was leaning then, so he sat straight and said, ‘O Ibn al-Khaṭṭāb! Do you have any doubt [that the hereafter is better than this world]? These people have been given rewards of their deeds in this world only.’ So I asked the Prophet ﷺ to seek Allah’s forgiveness for me.” [Bukhārī (Book 46, ḥadīth 29) and Muslim (Book 18, ḥadīth 44)]

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