3 stages of zuhud There are three stages of zuhud. The first stage is to withdraw from the life of this world, even though you may still have a great desire for it and your heart is still drawn towards it . The self is still pre-occupied with the world, even though you struggle with it and restrain it. The second stage is to acquire detachment from this world and to do without it in order to obtain your reward for doing without. Here, it is your doing without which pre-occupies you. This is the state of the person who gives away a dollar in order to obtain 2 dollars. The Third stage is that of the one who willingly puts the world to one side without even a thought for what he has abandoned. This is the one who has exchanged a fragment of broken pottery for a jewel.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 12:05:31 +0000