Ahadith

Abu Sa‘id Khudri relates that the Holy Prophet said: The world is green and pleasant and Allah will appoint you vicegerents in it and will see how you conduct yourselves. Then safeguard yourselves against the world and safeguard yourselves against women (Muslim). (Yunus 26, Al-Hadid 22, Aal-e-`Imran 16, Fatir 7, Al-`Ankabut 66)

Anas relates that the Holy Prophet said: Allah, there is no life but the life of the hereafter (Bokhari and Muslim). (Yunus 26, Al-Hadid 22, Aal-e-`Imran 16, Fatir 7, Al-`Ankabut 66)

This hadith is the same as No. 104. (Yunus 26, Al-Hadid 22, Aal-e-`Imran 16, Fatir 7, Al-`Ankabut 66)

Anas relates that the Holy Prophet said: The most prosperous person in the world who had been adjudged to hell will be brought up on the Day of Judgment and will be dipped once in the Fire and will be asked: Son of Adam, did you ever enjoy any good, did you ever experience any bliss? He will say: Never, O Lord. Then the one who had experienced the extreme of adversity in the world and was adjudged worthy of Paradise will be brought up and given one experience of Paradise and will be asked: Son of Adam, did you ever experience adversity. did you ever pass through hardship? He will say: No, I never experienced adversity, I never passed through hardship (Muslim). (Yunus 26, Al-Hadid 22, Aal-e-`Imran 16, Fatir 7, Al-`Ankabut 66)

Mustaurid ibn Shaddad relates that the Holy Prophet said: The value of the world in comparison with the hereafter is as if one of you dipped a finger in the ocean and then observed how much moisture sticks to it when he pulls it back (Muslim). (Yunus 26, Al-Hadid 22, Aal-e-`Imran 16, Fatir 7, Al-`Ankabut 66)

Jabir relates that the Holy Prophet was passing through the street © with his companions on both sides of him when he noticed a short-eared lamb lying dead. He caught it by its ear and said: Which of you would like to have it for a dirhem? They said: We would not like to have it in return for anything, and what would we do with it? He then asked: Would you like to have it for nothing? They answered: Had it been alive it would have been defective being short-eared, and of what use is it dead? The Holy Prophet said: Truly, the world is even more useless in the sight of Allah than this is in your eyes (Muslim). (Yunus 26, Al-Hadid 22, Aal-e-`Imran 16, Fatir 7, Al-`Ankabut 66)

Abu Dharr relates: I was walking along with the Holy Prophet in, the rocky plain of Medina when we saw Uhud in front of us. He called me and I said: At your service, Messenger of Allah. He said: If | had as much gold as Uhud yonder, it would not please me to have a single dinar out of it by me after the passage of three days, unless I were to retain something for the repayment of a debt. I would distribute it among the servants of Allah like this and this and this to the right and lett and rear. He then walked on and said: Those who have much will be the ones who will have the least on the Day of Judgment, except those who spend their wealth like this and this and this, to the right and left and rear, and they are few. Then he said to me: Remain where you are and do not move till I come back to you: and he walked into the dark and disappeared. Presently I heard a loud voice and was afraid lest he should have encountered something untoward. I wanted to go to him but recalled his admonition: Do not move till | come back to you. So I did not move till he came back to me, and I said to him: I heard a voice which made me afraid but I remembered your direction to me. He asked: Did you hear him? I said: Yes. He said: It was Gabriel who came to me and said: He who dies from among your followers, not having associated aught with Allah, will enter Paradise; and I inquired: Even if he should have been guilty of adultery" or of theft? He said: Even if he was guilty of adultery, or of theft (Bokhari and Muslim).

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: If I had gold the equal of Uhud, it would please me that I should have nothing left of it with me after the passage of three nights except something that I might retain for the repayment of a debt (Bokhari and Muslim). (Yunus 26, Al-Hadid 22, Aal-e-`Imran 16, Fatir 7, Al-`Ankabut 66)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Look at one who is below you and do not look at one who is above you. This would enable you to appreciate better the bounties that Allah has bestowed upon you (Bokhari and Muslim). The version of Muslim is: When any of you looks at one who is richer and handsomer than him, he should also look at one who is lower than him. (Yunus 26, Al-Hadid 22, Aal-e-`Imran 16, Fatir 7, Al-`Ankabut 66)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Ruined are those devoted to dinars and dirhems and black cloaks and striped cloaks. If they are given they are pleased and if they are not given they are displeased (Bokhari). (Yunus 26, Al-Hadid 22, Aal-e-`Imran 16, Fatir 7, Al-`Ankabut 66)