مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الرقاقThe Book of Heart-Softeners
(تَعْلِيمُ المَوْتِ بِغَرْزِ الأَخْشَابِ)
(Explaining death by planting wooden stakes)
Hadith 5278
وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غَرَزَ عُودًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَآخَرَ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ وَآخَرَ أَبْعَدَ مِنْهُ. فَقَالَ: «أَتُدْرُونَ مَا هَذَا؟» قَالُوا: اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ. قَالَ: «هَذَا الْإِنْسَانُ وَهَذَا الْأَجَلُ» أُرَاهُ قَالَ: «وَهَذَا الْأَمَلُ فَيَتَعَاطَى الْأَمَلَ فَلَحِقَهُ الْأَجَلُ دُونَ الْأَمَلِ» . رَوَاهُ فِي «شَرْحِ السّنة»
It is narrated from Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) fixed a stick in front of him, one at its side, and one at a distance. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Do you know what this is?" The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) replied: Allah and His Messenger know best. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "This is man, and this is his appointed time (death)." The narrator states: I think the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "These are his hopes; he strives to achieve his hopes, but before his hope is fulfilled, death overtakes him." Its chain is Hasan. It is narrated in Sharh al-Sunnah.
