بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
The Prophet (ﷺ) said:
لَوْ كَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا تَعْدِلُ عِنْدَ اللهِ جَنَاحَ بَعُوضَةٍ : مَا سَقَى كَافِرًا مِنْهَا شَرْيَةَ مَاءٍ
“If the world were equal in worth to Allāh (to) the wing of a mosquito, He would not give a disbeliever a sip of water from it.” This was narrated from the hadīth of Sahl ibn Sa’d, Abū Hurayrah, ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar, ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Abbās, and a group of the Companions, and (also from) al-Hasan and ‘Amr ibn Murrah, as mursal (i.e., a hadīth in which a Successor narrates directly from the Prophet (ﷺ) without mentioning the Companion intermediary in the chain). (al-Sahīhah of Al-Albānī #686)
Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalī said: “This hadīth is explicit (in showing) that the world is insignificant, and that it is the enjoyment of deception, as Allāh described it, and that none is deceived by it and distracted by it except one who is ignorant of the matter of his Hereafter. Since that is the case, attention must be directed to the matters of the Hereafter and not to the matters of the world.
The world is contemptible before Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic. For this reason, both the righteous and the wicked eat from it, and those who are enemies of Allāh, of Islām, and of the Muslims accumulate wealth (from it); because the giving of wealth does not indicate the righteousness of a servant, nor his corruption. For wealth is a transient provision which both the righteous and the wicked eat from.
In the hadīth is a warning against inclining and leaning toward the world, becoming preoccupied with its crumbling debris (i.e. it’s worthless remains), and squandering the matter of the Hereafter.
And in it is an encouragement to prefer the Hereafter over the world, and that whatever comes to the Muslim from (the goods of) the world, he uses it as an aid in performing acts of obedience, abandoning disobedience, fulfilling (his) needs, and spending in the ways of good. For this reason, the Prophetic (ﷺ) expression came: “If the world were equal in worth to Allāh (to) the wing of a mosquito, He would not give a disbeliever a sip of water from it.”
And in the hadīth is evidence of Allāh’s hatred toward the people of disbelief, and Allāh, The Mighty and Majestic, hates the people of disobedience in general, and especially the people of disbelief that removes (one) from the religion, in all its types and forms – because they are His enemies and the enemies of His messengers and their followers.” (Ta’liqāt ‘Alā Silsilah al-Ahādīth al-Sahīhah 2/252)
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