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Hadith 136
Hadith #
136
Book
Kitāb al-Zuhd
Volume
1
Section
8
Part
Content
Chapter
What has come in Reference to this World and One who Seeks it
Source
Ḥusayn b. Saʿīd al-Ahwāzī
۞
14.Al-Naḍr ibn Suwayd narrated from ʿAbdullāh ibn Sinān who said
“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 wiping [his blessed face] saying, “Chosroes and Caesar would never be pleased with such [for themselves]. They sleep on silk and brocade while you are on this mat!” So the Messenger of Allah (ṣ) said, “I am surely better than both of them by Allah, I am surely more noble than them both by Allah! What do I have to do with this world? Indeed the example of this world is but like a man who rides past a tree that has a shadow, so he takes shade under it. When the shadow recedes, he departs and leaves it.”’”
النضر بن سويد عن عبد الله بن سنان قال
سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: دخل على النبي صلى الله وآله رجل وهو على حصير قد اثر في جسمه ووسادة ليف قد اثرت في خده فجعل يمسح ويقول: ما رضي بهذا كسرى ولا قيصر انهم ينامون على الحرير والديباج وأنت على هذا الحصير؟ قال فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: لأنا خير منهما والله لأنا أكرم منهما نون والله ما أنا والدنيا، إنما مثل الدنيا كمثل رجل راكب مر على شجرة ولها فئ فاستظل تحتها فلما ان مال الظل عنها ارتحل فذهب وتركه.
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