“The reality of zuhd is the removal of the love of this world and the desire for it from the heart and [to instil] contempt for this world in the eyes of the servant. This should be such that the retreat of this world and the meagreness of its goods is more beloved to him than its approach and the ampleness of its goods. This is in so far as his internal state needs to be. Outwardly, the zahid needs to be removed from this world, hold himself distant from it as a matter of choice, whilst still able to have this world if he so chooses. He needs also to limit himself to the bare minimum with regard to all its conveniences, be it food, clothing, housing or other things. As he ﷺ said “Let the sufficiency of one of you from this world be no more than the rider's provision.”

Abd Allah bin ‘Alawi al-Haddad, Nasaih al-Diniyah