Narrated `Uqba bin 'Amir: The Prophet went out and offered the funeral prayer for the martyrs of the (battle of) Uhud and then ascended the pulpit and said, I am your predecessor and I am a witness against you. By Allah, I am now looking at my Tank-lake (Al-Kauthar) and I have been given the keys of the treasures of the earth (or the keys of the earth). By Allah! I am not afraid that after me you will worship others besides Allah, but I am afraid that you will start competing for (the pleasures of) this world.
Read More..Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Allah's Apostle said, The thing I am afraid of most for your sake, is the worldly blessings which Allah will bring forth to you. It was said, What are the blessings of this world? The Prophet said, The pleasures of the world. A man said, Can the good bring forth evil? The Prophet kept quiet for a while till we thought that he was being inspired divinely. Then he started removing the sweat from his forehead and said, Where is the questioner? That man said, I (am present). Abu Sa`id added: We thanked the man when the result (of his question) was such. The Prophet said, Good never brings forth but good. This wealth (of the world) is (like) green and sweet (fruit), and all the vegetation which grows on the bank of a stream either kills or nearly kills the animal that eats too much of it, except the animal that eats the Khadira (a kind of vegetation). Such an animal eats till its stomach is full and then it faces the sun and starts ruminating and then it passes out dung and urine and goes to eat again. This worldly wealth is (like) sweet (fruit), and if a person earns it (the wealth) in a legal way and spends it properly, then it is an excellent helper, and whoever earns it in an illegal way, he will be like the one who eats but is never satisfied.
Read More..Narrated Zahdam bin Mudarrib: `Imran bin Husain said: The Prophet said, The best people are my contemporaries (i.e., the present (my) generation) and then those who come after them (i.e., the next generation). `Imran added: I am not sure whether the Prophet repeated the statement twice after his first saying. The Prophet added, And after them there will come people who will bear witness, though they will not be asked to give their witness; and they will be treacherous and nobody will trust them, and they will make vows, but will not fulfill them, and fatness will appear among them.
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah: The Prophet said, The best people are those of my generation, and then those who will come after them (the next generation), and then those who will come after them (i.e. the next generation), and then after them, there will come people whose witness will precede their oaths, and whose oaths will precede their witness.
Read More..Narrated Qais: I heard Khabbab, who had branded his `Abdomen with seven brands, saying, Had Allah's Apostle not forbidden us to invoke Allah for death, I would have invoked Allah for death. The companions of Muhammad have left this world without taking anything of their reward in it (i.e., they will have perfect reward in the Hereafter), but we have collected of the worldly wealth what we cannot spend but on earth (i.e. on building houses).
Read More..Narrated Qais: I came to Khabbab while he was building a wall, and he (Khabbab) said, Our companions who have left this world, did not enjoy anything of their reward therein, while we have collected after them, much wealth that we cannot spend but on earth (i.e., on building).
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