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.
Read More..Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: The lifespan for my Ummah is from sixty years to seventy [years].
Read More..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.
Read More..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)
Read More..Abu As-Safr narrated that 'Abdullah bin 'Amr said: The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) passed by us while we were repairing a hut of ours, so he said: 'What is this?' We said: It has become weak, so we are repairing it.' He said: 'I do not think but that the matter (of life) is more in fleeting than that.
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