Chapters On Zuhd

Ibn 'Abbas narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Two favors that many of the people squander are health and free time."

Al-Hasan narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Who will take these statements from me, so that he may act upon them, or teach one who will act upon them?" So Abu Hurairah said: "I said: 'I shall O Messenger of Allah!' So he (s.a.w) took my hand and enumerated five (things), he said: "Be on guard against the unlawful and you shall be the most worshiping among the people, be satisfied with what Allah has alloted for you and you shall be the richest of the people, be kind to your neighbor and you shall be a believer, love for the people what you love for yourself and you shall be a Muslim. And do not laugh too much, for indeed increased laughter kills the heart."

Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Race to do works against seven. Are you waiting but for overwhelming poverty, or distracting richness, or debilitating illness, or babbling senility, or sudden death, or the Dajjal, so that hidden evil is what is awaited, or the Hour? The Hour is more calamitous and more bitter." (Daif)

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Increase in remembrance of the severer of pleasures." Meaning death.

Hani' the freed slave of 'Uthman said: When 'Uthman would stop at a grave he would cry until his beard was soaked (in tears). It was said to him: 'The Paradise and the Fire were mentioned and you did not cry, yet you cry because of this?' So he said: 'Indeed the Messenger of Allah said: "Indeed the grave isAllah the first stage among the stages of the Hereafter. So if one is saved from it, then what comes after it is easier than it. And if one is not saved from it, then what comes after it is worse than it." And the Messenger of Allah said: "I have not seen any sight except that the grave is more horrible than it."

'Ubadah bin As-Samit narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him. Whoever is averse to meeting Allah, Allah is averse to meeting him."

'Aishah narrated: "When this Ayah was revealed: And warn your near kindred....(26:214), the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:"O Safiyyah bint 'Abdul-Muttalib! O Fatimah bint Muhammed! O Banu 'Abdul-Muttalib! I have no authority on your behalf over Allah for anything. Ask me for whatever you want of my wealth."

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w)said :

Abu Dharr narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "If you knew what I know, then you would laugh little and you would cry much."

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Indeed a man may utter a statement that he does not see any harm in, but for which he will fall seventy autumns in the Fire."

Bahz bin Hakim narrated from his father, from his grandfather that Prophet (s.a.w) said: "Woe to the one who talks about something to make the people laugh, in which he lies. Woe to him! Woe to him!"

Anas bin Malik narrated that a man among his companions was dying so he said- meaning a man said to him: "Glad tidings of Paradise." To which the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:"You do not know. Perhaps he spoke of what did not concern him or he was greedy with that which would not decrease him."

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Indeed among the excellence of a person's Islam is that he leaves what does not concern him."

Ali bin Al-Husain narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Surely, of the excellence of a person's Islam is that he leaves what does not concern him."

Muhammed bin 'Amr narrated from his father, from his grandfather who said: "I heard Bilal bin Al-Harith Al Muzani, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) saying: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) saying:"Indeed one of you says a statement pleasing to Allah, not realizing that you have achieved what you have achieved. Then for it, Allah writes for him His pleasure until the Day of Meeting Him. And one of you says a statement angering Allah, not realizing that you have achieved what you have achieved. Then for it, Allah writes for him His anger until the Day of Meeting with Him."

Sahl bin Sa'd narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "If the world to Allah was equal to a mosquito's wing, then He would not allow the disbeliever to have a sip of water from it."

Al-Mustawrid bin Shaddad said: "I was with the caravan of those who stopped with the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) at a dead lamb. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: 'Do you think that this was insignificant to its owners when they threw it away?' They said:'Yes! It is because of its insignificance that they threw it away O Messenger of Allah!' He said: 'The world is more insignificant to Allah than this to its owners.'"

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Lo! Indeed the world is cursed. What is in it is cursed, except for remembrance of Allah, what is conducive to that, the knowledgeable person and the learning person."

Qa'is bin Abi Hazim said: I heard Mustawrid, a member of Banu Fihr, saying: The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:"The world compared to the Hereafter is but like what one of you gets when placing his finger into the sea, so look at what you draw from it."

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "The world is a prison for the believer and Paradise for the disbeliever."

Abu Kabshah Al-Anmari narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "There are three things for which I swear and narrate to you about, so remember it." He said: "The slave(of Allah) wealth shall not be decreased by charity, no slave (of Allah) suffers injustice and is patient with it except that Allah adds to his honor; no slave(of Allah) opens up a door to begging except that Allah opens a door for him to poverty"- or a statement similar- "And I shall narrate to you a narration, so remember it." He said: "The world is only for four persons: A slave whom Allah provides with wealth and knowledge, so he has Taqwa of his Lord with it, nurtures the ties of kinship with it, and he knows that Allah has a right in it. SO this is the most virtuous rank. And a slave whom Allah provides with knowledge, but He does not provide with wealth. So he has a truthful intent, saying: 'If I had wealth, then I would do the deeds of so-and-so with it.' He has his intention, so their rewards are the same. And a slave whom Allah provides with wealth, but He does not provide him with knowledge. [So he] spends his wealth rashly without knowledge,nor having Taqwa of his Lord, nor nurturing the ties of kinship, and he does not know that Allah has a right in it. So this is the most despicable rank. And a slave whom Allah does not provide with wealth nor knowledge, so he says: 'If I had wealth, then I would do the deeds of so-and-so with it.' He has his intention, so their sin is the same."

'Abdullah bin Mas'ud narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Whoever suffers from destitution and he beseeches the people for it, his destitution shall not end. And whoever suffers from destitution and he beseeches Allah for it, Allah will send provisions to him, sooner or later."

Abu Wail narrated: "Mu'awiyah came to Abu Hashim bin 'Uthbah to visit him when he was ill (and dying). He said: 'O Uncle! Why do you cry? Is it from the pangs of death or desire for this world?' He said: 'Neither of these. But the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) had commissioned me with an obligation that I did not abide by. He (s.a.w) said: "It suffices you to gather the wealth of a servant or a rider in the cause of Allah." And (it is only) today I find that I have gathered it.'"

Abdullah [bin Mas'ud] narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Do not take to the estate, such that you become desirous of the world."

'Abdullah bin Busr narrated that a Bedouin said: "O Messenger of Allah! Who is the best of the people?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are good."There are narrations on this topic from Abu Hurairah and Jabir.

'Abdur-Rahman bin Abi-Bakrah narrated from his father that a man said: "O Messenger of Allah! Which of the people is the best?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are good." He said: "Then which of the people is the worst?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are bad."

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "The lifespan for my Ummah is from sixty years to seventy [years]."

Anas bin Malik narrated that the Allah's Messenger (s.a.w) said: "The hour shall not be established until time is constricted, and the year is like a month, a month is like the week, and the week is like the day, and the day is like the hour, and the hour is like the flare of the fire."

Mujahid narrated that Ibn 'Umar said: "The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) grabbed me on part of my body and said: 'Be in the world like a stranger or a passerby, and count yourself among the inhabitants of the grave.'" Ibn 'Umar said to me: "When you wake up in the morning, then do not concern yourself with the evening. And when you reach the evening, then do not concern yourself with the morning. Take from your health before your illness, and from your life before your death, for indeed O slave of Allah! You do not know what your description shall be tomorrow." (sahih)