We Made It. So Why Are We Still Afraid?

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم once told a struggling community that poverty was not what he feared for them. He feared the opposite. This session asks a hard question. When we finally make it, why are we still so afraid? In this video: • Why the Prophet ﷺ feared the dunya opening up to us more than he feared our poverty • Al-Wahn, the disease of loving this world and hating death, and how it describes us now • How the Prophet ﷺ gave like a man who feared no poverty, and the valley he handed to a Bedouin • The companions we remember for their giving, not for their wealth • A 2am phone call about the fear of death, and the tawakkul that answered it • The only three things that follow you after you die, and how to audit those accounts today Ask yourself. Which of the three lasting accounts are you really investing in? Chapters 0:00 Opening: the call to what gives your heart life 2:56 The Ansar and the fear that was never poverty 5:05 Al-Wahn: the disease the Prophet ﷺ warned about 6:25 We made it, and we are still afraid 7:59 Raising children to earn, not to read 11:33 He gave like a man who feared no poverty 15:00 Wealth as identity, and the companions we remember 20:59 Spending before Tabuk, giving without fear 22:22 The 2am call: facing the fear of death 26:34 What you carry into the afterlife: three things