Encouragement to make worldly matters easy

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Shall I not tell you about the one upon whom the Fire of Hell will be forbidden tomorrow (on the Day of Resurrection)? (The Fire is forbidden) upon everyone who is gentle in temperament, soft in manner, close to people (sociable) and makes matters easy."
Imam Abu Ya'la recorded this hadith in his Musnad, and Allamah al-Albani declared it sahih (authentic) on the basis of other supporting reports.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever."
This hadith is sahih (authentic); Imam Muslim recorded it in his Sahih (no. 2956), and Ahmad bin Mani' also transmitted it in his Musnad.

It is narrated from a Companion (may Allah be pleased with him) of the tribe of Banu Fahm that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If this world had, in the sight of Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, any worth, value or weight even equal to the wing of a mosquito, He would not give any disbeliever even a sip of water from this world."
Imam Ibn Abi Shaybah recorded this hadith in his Musannaf, and a report with this meaning is also found in Sunan al-Tirmidhi (no. 2320), which Imam al-Tirmidhi declared hasan sahih.

It is narrated from Yahya bin Ja'dah that some of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) visited Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) in his illness and said to him: "O Abu Abdullah, glad tidings to you! You will join Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) at the Pool (al-Kawthar)." Pointing towards the upper and lower parts of his house, he said: "Then what will become of this worldly wealth and abundance? While the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said that as much of the world's goods suffices any one of you as the provisions of a traveller on his mount."
The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), and Imam Abu Ya'la recorded it.

Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Sa'id (narrating from his father, Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him); the narrator is in doubt) relates:
I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying on the pulpit (the wooden structure, al-a'wad); he (peace and blessings be upon him) was saying: "What is little and suffices (for need) is far better than what is plentiful and distracts (from the remembrance of Allah)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If a servant were to flee from his provision as he flees from death, his provision would certainly reach him just as death reaches him."
Imam Abu Nu'aym recorded it in "Hilyat al-Awliya'" (1/244) and Imam al-Bayhaqi in "Shu'ab al-Iman" (9831). There is criticism of its chain on account of Uthman bin Ata al-Khurasani; however, on the basis of supporting reports narrated from other Companions, Allamah al-Albani (may Allah have mercy on him) declared it sahih (authentic) in "Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah" (952).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Indeed, the world is like that (rain)water (collected on a mountain top) whose clear and pure part has gone, and now only its murkiness and sediment remain."
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) (through another chain) that he said: "The purity and clearness of the world have departed, so now nothing remains in it except murkiness and turbidity, and in this age death is a precious gift for every Muslim."
Imam al-Harith transmitted a similar report with his chain from Abu Juhayfah; however, he did not mention the name of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) (as a narrator) in it.