رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 576
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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 ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال: خط النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم خطا مربعا، وخط خطاً فى الوسط خارجاً منه، وخط خططاً صغاراً إلى هذا الذى فى الوسط من جانبه الذى فى الوسط، فقال: “هذا الإنسان، وهذا أجله محيطا به -أو قد أحاط به- وهذا الذى هو خارج أمله، وهذه الخطط الصغار الأعراض فإن أخطأه هذا ، نهشه هذا، وإن أخطأه هذا نهشه هذا” ((رواه البخاري))
Translation
English translation
Ibn Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Prophet (ﷺ) drew up a square and in the middle of it he drew a line, the end of which jutted out beyond the square. Further across the middle line, he drew a number of smaller lines. Then he (ﷺ) said, "The figure represents man and the encircling square is the death which is encompassing him. The middle line represents his desires and the smaller lines are vicissitudes of life. If one of those misses him, another distresses him, and if that one misses him, he falls victim to another." [Al-Bukhari].
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This is Hadith 576 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 576 under the chapter “Remembrance of Death and Restraint of Wishes.”
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