True, as the Quran says "If your fathers and your sons and your brethren and your mates and your kinsfolk and property which you have acquired and trade, the dullness of which you fear, and dwellings which you like, are dearer to you than Allah and His apostle and striving in His way, then wait till Allah brings about His command, and Allah does not guide the transgressing people."[1]
A man came to the Prophet and said: "I love thee, O Apostle of God". "Be ready for poverty." replied the Prophet. "And I love Allah", said the man, "Prepare to face tribulations"[2] replied the Prophet. The following tradition is narrated by the Khalif Omar: The Prophet one day saw Masah, son of Umair coming to him with a lambskin round his loins. "Look" said the Prophet to his companions, "how God has illumined his heart.' I have seen him living in ease and well provided by his parents but now the love of Allah and His
