( 174) It is related by Abu Hurairah that the Apostle of God said: “Devoid of Mercy of the Lord be the slave of the world and removed of the Mercy of the Lord be the slave of dirham.”
-Tirmidhi
Commentary.-In this Tradition, displeasure is expressed against and God's anger called down upon the man who adores gold and silver and makes worldly goods the objects of his love and veneration.
The worship of worldly possessions means to forget the injunctions of God and to treat casually the distinctions between what is lawful and what is otherwise in one's eagerness to obtain or possess wealth.