Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Zubayd that he says: When the time of death of Hazrat Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) approached, he sent a man to Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: I advise you with a will; if you remember it, then surely there is a right of Allah Almighty at night which Allah does not accept during the day, and surely there is a right of Allah Almighty during the day which Allah does not accept at night. And that until the obligatory acts are fulfilled, the voluntary acts are not accepted. And those whose deeds will be light on the Day of Resurrection, their deeds will be light only because they followed falsehood in the world and falsehood seemed light to them. And it is true for the scale that if only falsehood is placed in it, it becomes light. And those whose deeds will be heavy on the Day of Resurrection, their deeds will be heavy only because they followed the truth in the world and the truth seemed heavy to them. And for such a scale in which truth is placed on the Day of Resurrection, it is appropriate that it becomes heavy. Do you not see that Allah Almighty has mentioned the good deeds of the people of Paradise and has overlooked their mistakes? So a person says: I cannot reach those people. And Allah Almighty has mentioned the evil deeds of the people of Hell and has rejected their good deeds upon them. So a person says: I am better than those people. And Allah Almighty has mentioned the verse of mercy and the verse of punishment so that the believer may be fearful and desirous, and may not hope from Allah except for the truth, and may not throw himself into destruction with his own hands. So if you remember my words, then no unseen thing will be more beloved to you than death, and death is inevitable. And if you waste my words, then no unseen thing will be more hateful to you than death, and you cannot escape death.