Understanding the Purpose of Life:
Bees understand the purpose of their being and live their whole life to achieve it. They know that they may not be able to eat all what they are gathering, but they continue to do so and give it back to their community. So should be the case of believer. We should not just be concerned about ourselves only and should not spend our whole life to better our dunya. We need to see the bigger purpose of life and act accordingly. How useful would be a worker whose master lays down his purpose in front of him and his actions are exactly the opposite.
“___ On the authority of Ibn Umar ◌ؓ , who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, took me by the shoulder and said: “Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a traveller/wayfarer.”
Ibn Umar ◌ؓ used to say: “When evening comes, do not expect (to live till) morning, and when morning comes, do not expect (to live till) evening. Take from your health (a preparation) for your illness and from your life for your death.” __” [Al-Bukhari]