Riyad as-Salihin - On remembering death and constraining expectation Hadith

Riyad as-Salihin - On remembering death and constraining expectation - SunniPath Library - Hadith

 

Chapter: On
remembering death and constraining expectation

Allah Almighty says, "Every self will taste death. You will be
paid your wages in full on the Day of Rising. Anyone who is distanced from the
Fire and admitted to the Garden, has triumphed. The life of this world is only
the enjoyment of delusion," (3:185)

and the Almighty says, "No self
knows what it will earn tomorrow and no self knows in what land it will
die." (W31:33; H31:34)

The Almighty says, "When their specified time
arrives, they cannot delay it for a single hour nor can they bring it
forward," (16:61)

and the Almighty says, "O you who believe! Do not let
your wealth or children divert you from the remembrance of Allah. Whoever does
that is lost. Give from what We have provided for you before death comes to
one of you and he says, 'O Lord, if only you would give me a little more time
so that I can give sadaqa and be one of the righteous.' Allah will not give
anyone more time, once their time has come. Allah is aware of everything you
do." (63:9-11)

The Almighty says, "Until, when death comes to one of
them, he says, 'My Lord, send me back again. so that perhaps I may act rightly
regarding the things I failed to do!' No indeed! It is just words he utters.
Before them there is an interspace until the day they are raised up. Then when
the Trumpet is blown, that Day there will be no family ties between them, they
will not be able to question one another. Those whose scales are heavy, they
are the successful. Those whose scales are light, they are the losers of their
selves, remaining in Hell timelessly, forever. The Fire will sear their faces
making them grimace horribly in it, their lips drawn back from their teeth.
'Were My Signs not recited to you and did you not deny them?'" to His
words, "'How many years did you tarry on the earth?' They will say, 'We
tarried for a day or part of a day. Ask those able to count!' He will say,
'You only tarried for a little while if you did but know! Did you suppose that
We created you for amusement and that you would not return to Us?'"
(W23:100-116; H23:99-115)

The Almighty says, "Has the time not arrived for
the hearts of those who believe to yield to the remembrance of Allah and to
the Truth He has sent down, and not to be like those who were given the Book
before for whom the time seemed over long so that their hearts became hard.
Many of them are degenerate." (W57:15; H57:16)

574. Ibn 'Umar
said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, took me
by the shoulder and said, 'Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a
traveller on the road."

Ibn 'Umar used to say, "In the evening, do not anticipate the morning, and in
the morning do not anticipate the evening. Take from your health for your
illness and from your life for your death." [al-Bukhari]

575. Ibn 'Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "It is not right for a Muslim man who has anything to
bequeath to spend two nights with having a written will in his possession."
[Agreed upon. This is the variant in al-Bukhari]

In a variant of Muslim, "To spend three nights." Ibn 'Umar said, "Not a night
has passed since I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, say that without my having had my will with me."

576. Anas said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, drew
some lines and said, 'This is man and this is end of his lifespan. That is how
he is when this nearest line comes upon him." [al-Bukhari]

577. Ibn Mas'ud said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
drew lines making a square and then drew a line in the middle which extended
beyond it. He drew some small lines up to this middle line from the side within
the square and said, 'This is man, and this is end of his lifespan which
encircles him - or by which he is encircled - and this which goes beyond it is
his hope and these small lines are things that happen. If this one misses him,
that one gets him, and if that one misses him, this one gets him.'" [al-Bukhari]
This is its form:

 

578. Abu Hurayra reported the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "Race to good actions as fast as you can. What are you
waiting for except delayed poverty, oppressive wealth, debilitating illness, dottering senility, a swift death or the Dajjal? Or are you waiting for an
unseen evil, or the Last Hour? The Last Hour will be most bitter and terrible."
[at-Tirmidhi]

579. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "Remember frequently the thing that cuts off
pleasures," i.e. death." [at-Tirmidhi]

580. Ubayy ibn Ka'b said, "When a third of the night had passed, the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stood up and said,
'O people! Remember Allah! The first blast has come and it will be followed by
the second blast. Death has come with all that it involves. Death has come with
all that it involves.' I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I do a lot of prayer on
you. How much prayer should I allot for you?' He said, 'However much you like.'
I said, 'A quarter?' He said, 'However much you like, but if you do more, it
will be better for you.' I said, 'A half?' He said, 'However much you like, but
if you do more, it will be better for you.' I said, 'Two-thirds?' He said,
'However much you like, but if you do more, it will be better for you.' I said,
'I will allot all my prayer for you.' He said, 'Then you will be spared from
worry and forgiven your wrong action.'" [at-Tirmidhi]

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