Kitāb al-Zuhd · Volume 1 · Section 8 · 20 narrations
he heard saying, ‘The example of this world is like a snake, it is soft to the touch yet within it lies a lethal poison. The wise person is cautious of it, yet children are inclined to touch it with their hands.’”
Read the full narration →“The Messenger of Allah (ṣ) said, ‘Be ashamed in front of Allah with true shame.’ Someone asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, who is [considered to be] ashamed in front of Allah with true shame [and how can this be achieved]?’…
Read the full narration →“I told Abū ʿAbdillāh (a), ‘By your right,[1] this world and what it contains does not please me.’ He said, ‘Fie upon this world and what it contains! And what is it O Dāwūd? Is it anything other than two pieces of cloth…
Read the full narration →“I heard Abā ʿAbdillāh (a) say, ‘Remain patient in obeying Allah, and remain patient in keeping away from disobeying Allah, for indeed this world is short lived; that which has passed from it is [such that you find…
Read the full narration →“When the following verse was revealed: Do not gaze longingly at what We have given some of them to enjoy, the [fleeting] finery of this worldly life… (Q20:131), the Messenger of Allah (ṣ) sat up straight and then said,…
Read the full narration →“Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) said to me, ‘O Isḥāq, how many [people] do you think the following verse refers to: If they are given some of it they are pleased, but if they are not given from it they get enraged (Q9:58)?’ Then he…
Read the full narration →“I heard Abā ʿAbdillāh (a) speaking about the following verse: Were it not that people might have become a single nation [of disbelievers], We would have given all those who disbelieve in the Compassionate [Lord] houses…
Read the full narration →“I was seated with Amīr al-Muʾminīn (a) when a man came to him and complained about the world and spoke ill of it. So Amīr al-Muʾminīn (a) told him, ‘Verily this world is an abode of truth for the one who is veracious…
Read the full narration →“This world appeared to ʿĪsā (a) in the for of a blue-eyed woman. He asked her, ‘How many have you married?’ She said, ‘Many.’ He asked, ‘Did you divorce them all?’ She said, ‘Rather, I killed them all!’ He said, ‘Then…
Read the full narration →[It pertains to] what is forbidden thereof – so restrain yourself from it and shun it.”[1]
Read the full narration →“The Messenger of Allah (ṣ) passed by the market and approached [one of the shops] seeking to buy some perfume, while the people had surrounded him. Then he passed by a dead goat with its ears cut, lying in a rubbish…
Read the full narration →“Whoever starts his day with the world as his greatest concern [and objective], Allah will scatter his affair and his poverty will be [seen] in front of him, and nothing of this world will come to him except that which…
Read the full narration →‘Abū Jaʿfar (a) said to me, ‘O Jābir, take this world as you would a place where you have arrived and then wish to depart from on the very same day, or as wealth that you have earned in your dream and when you awake…
Read the full narration →“I hear Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) saying, ‘A man came to visit the Prophet (ṣ) while he was sitting on a mat which had left marks on his body, and a pillow made of palm fibers which had left a mark on his cheek. So he began…
Read the full narration →“ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn (a) said to me, ‘It has never happened that two matters, one for this world and the other for the Hereafter, were presented before me and I prioritized the [matter of] this world but that I saw what I…
Read the full narration →How good a helper this world is for the Hereafter [if it is approached correctly].”
Read the full narration →17.Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī said, “I heard Abā al-Ḥasan (a) say, ‘[One of the things] that ʿĪsā (a) said to the disciples was, “Do not grieve over what you have missed of this world of yours, just as the people of this world do…
Read the full narration →“I heard Abā ʿAbdillāh (a) say, ‘Verily we love this world yet it is actually better for it not to be granted to us, and nothing from it is granted to anyone but that his share is thereby reduced in the Hereafter.’”
Read the full narration →“The Messenger of Allah (ṣ) said, ‘An angel came and told me, “O Muḥammad, your Lord sends you greetings and says to you: If you wish, I will turn the plains of Makkah into nuggets of gold [for you].”’ So the Prophet (ṣ)…
Read the full narration →“I heard ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn (a) say, ‘How truly amazing it is that one works for the perishing abode yet abandons the [permanent] abode of the Hereafter.’”
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