رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 462
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Chapter 54
Chapter context: Excellence of Leading an Ascetic Life, and Virtues of Simple Life
- باب فضل الزهد في الدنيا و الحث على التقلل منها و فضل الفقر
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Original Arabic
وعن المستورد بن شداد رضي الله عنه ، قال: قال رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم:”ما الدنيا في الآخرة، إلا مثل ما يجعل أحدكم أصبعه في اليم، فلينظر بم يرجع؟" ((رواه مسلم)).
Translation
English translation
Al-Mustaurad bin Shaddad (May allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "This world (i.e., its pleasures and duration) in comparison with the Hereafter is (similar to the amount of water) one gets when he puts his finger in the sea. Let him then see what it returns with". [Muslim].
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This is Hadith 462 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 462 under the chapter “Excellence of Leading an Ascetic Life, and Virtues of Simple Life.”
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Arabic/English book : Book 1, Hadith 463
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