رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 575
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Chapter 64
Chapter context: Remembrance of Death and Restraint of Wishes
- باب ذكر الموت وقصر الأمل
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Original Arabic
وعن أنس رضي الله عنه قال: خط النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم خطوطا فقال: "هذا الإنسان، وهذا أجله، فبينما هو كذلك إذ جاء الخط الأقرب” ((رواه البخاري)).
Translation
English translation
Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Prophet (ﷺ) drew a few lines and said, "One of them represents man and another indicates death; and a man continues like this until the nearest line (i.e., death) overtakes him." [Al-Bukhari].
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This is Hadith 575 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 575 under the chapter “Remembrance of Death and Restraint of Wishes.”
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