Hadith 54
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1. He said: Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn reported to me from Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Himyari, who reported from Ayyub ibn Nooh, from Muhammad Abu Umayr, from Jameel ibn Darraj, from Abu Hamza al-Thumali, may Allah bless him with His mercy, that
‘Ali ibn al-Husayn Zainul Abideen (as) once addressed his companions thus: "O my brothers, I enjoy upon you for the next world, and I do not enjoy upon you this world of which you all are so greedy, and to which you are steadfastly stuck. Did you not hear what Isa, son of Maryam (as) said to his disciples? He said to them: ’The world is like a bridge; you cross it and do not build upon it. And he said: Whoever among you ever builds a house on the sea waves? ‘That is the similitude of this worldly abode, so do not treat it as a permanent place."
1 - قال: أخبرني أبو جعفر محمد بن علي الحسين قال: حدثني أبي قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري قال: حدثنا أيوب بن نوح، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن جميل بن دراج، عن أبي حمزة الثمالي رحمه الله عن علي بن الحسين زين العابدين عليهما السلام
أنه قال يوما لأصحابه: إخواني! أوصيكم بدار الآخرة، ولا أوصيكم بدار الدنيا فإنكم عليها حريصون وبها متمسكون، أما بلغكم ما قال عيسى ابن مريم عليها السلام للحواريين؟ قال لهم: الدنيا قنطرة فاعبروها ولا تعمروها. وقال : أيكم يبني على موج البحر دارا؟ تلكم الدار الدنيا فلا تتخذوها قرارا.
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