During the battle of Badr, the prophet s.a.w prepared his companions to die as martyrs and said, “Set out for the Garden whose width is that of the heavens and the earth”. Upon hearing this, Umair bin Humam Ansari said, “Messenger of Allah, a Garden whose width is that of the heavens and the earth?”. He said, “Yes”. Umair said, “Ah!”.
The prophet s.a.w asked, “What made you said ‘Ah’”? He said, “Nothing, Meseenger of Allah, except the hope that I shall be one of those who live in it”. Umair took some dates out of his pouch and began to eat them. Then he said, “If I live until I finish these dates that will be too long a life”. So he threw the rest of them away, and fought the enemy until he died a matyr.
Umair had set his eyes on the Garden. The dates made him lose his focus. If you had decided on the life of the Hereafter, even the halal food you eat can make you lose your focus. And probably would make you fat. Imagine all our other possessions which we have to store, clean, put back, maintained, repair, etc.
“Those things you used to own? Now they owned you!” – Tyler Durden (played by Brad Pitt in the Fight Club)
“The matyr is forgiven every sin except debt” – al-hadith
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