Spending time and effort in Allah’s worship

Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “Verily Allah says: O son of Adam, free yourself for my worship, I will (in turn) fill your chest with satisfaction and remove your poverty, and if you don’t, I will fill your hands with distraction and will not remove your poverty.” [Ahmad, Ibn Majah]

The explanation of this ayat is: “Free yourself of your interests in order to worship Me and do not busy yourself in earning that which exceeds your needs and the needs of those under your care.” That Is a person should not earn more than necessary to fulfill his needs and needs of those who are under his care. He should not acquire beyond requirement, but busy himself in Allah’s worship. If he gives more time to world then hereafter will be destroyed. Time should be equally divided between world and worship. Usually people run madly after worldly desires and by doing so they place themselves in difficulties and hardships. Our extra efforts should be spent in seeking Allah’s pleasure because if we do so then it would be beneficial to us. This hadith cautions us that if we act as though we do not have enough to meet our daily needs and we do not take time out to serve Allah’s religion, then Allah will truly make poverty our condition. If, on the other hand, we don’t forget Allah then He will not forget us either. We should thank Him for providing us with enough to meet our needs and spend our extra time and effort in seeking the Hereafter.http://islamicencyclopedia.org/public/index/topicDetail/id/636