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المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah
كتاب الرقائق
Book of Heart-Softening Reports
بَابُ ذِكْرِ الْمَوْتِ وقصر الأمل
Chapter: Remembering death and curtailing hope
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3121 — Remembering death and curtailing hope
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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ هَاشِمٍ ، أَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ عَمْرُو بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ، عَنْ آبَائِهِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمْ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَكْيَسُ ؟ " قُلْتُ : اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ . قَالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِنَّ أَكْيَسَ النَّاسِ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لِلْمَوْتِ ذِكْرًا ، وَأَحْسَنُهُمْ لِلهِ اسْتِعْدَادًا " .
Zayd bin Ali narrates through his forefathers (may Allah be pleased with them) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Who is the shrewdest and most astute of people?" I said: Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) know best. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the most intelligent of people is the one who remembers death the most and who prepares the best for presenting himself before Allah Almighty."
In the chain of this hadith is a narrator named Yahya bin Hashim al-Ghassani, who is matruk (abandoned) and a liar, on account of which this narration is at the level of mawdu' (fabricated); however, the command to remember death often and to prepare for the Hereafter is explicitly found in other authentic and sahih hadith.
In the chain of this hadith is a narrator named Yahya bin Hashim al-Ghassani, who is matruk (abandoned) and a liar, on account of which this narration is at the level of mawdu' (fabricated); however, the command to remember death often and to prepare for the Hereafter is explicitly found in other authentic and sahih hadith.
