Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 3152

Nu'aym bin Mahhah narrates: These words were in the sermon of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr: "Do you not know that morning and evening you are advancing toward an appointed term? Whoever among you is able to keep working for Allah Almighty until the final moment should do so; and you cannot reach that goal except with the help of Allah Almighty. Some people have set their hopes for others, and He has forbidden you from becoming like them. And do not become like those who forgot Allah Almighty. Where are those brothers of yours whom you knew? They have gone on to what they sent ahead, and now misery or felicity has been settled for them. Where are the rulers of former times, who built great cities and fortified them with walls? They are all beneath rocks and beneath wells. This is the Book of Allah Almighty, whose wonders will never come to an end, so take light from it for the day of darkness, and seek clarity through its standing and its exposition. Indeed, Allah Almighty praised Sayyiduna Zakariyya (peace be upon him) and his household, saying: 'They used to hasten to good deeds and call upon Us in hope and in fear, and they were humbly submissive to Us.' There is no good in any word by which the pleasure of Allah Almighty is not intended; there is no good in any wealth that is not spent in the path of Allah Almighty; there is no good in a person whose forbearance does not prevail over his ignorance; and there is no good in a person who fears the blame of any blamer in the matter of Allah Almighty."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and I have not found anyone who has given an account of the narrator Nu'aym bin Mahhah.