Faqr

Faqr (Poverty)

Faqr, translated as "poverty", is one of the central attitudes in a Sufi's life. It was also one of the attributes of Muhammad, who said "poverty is my pride". In a spiritual sense, poverty is defined as the absence of desire for wealth in this world (Dunya) to receive more of the pleasures and everlasting wealth of the Akhira (Afterlife). One of the aspects of one who has embodied the true essence of faqr, is that the mystic must never ask anything of anyone else. The reason for this is for one to ask someone else for anything they would be relying on a created being. To receive something from that same being would produce gratitude in the heart which would be geared toward the giver, not towards God