مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الزهدBook of Asceticism
كلام عمر بن الخطاب ﵁Sayings of Umar ibn al-Khattab رضي الله عنه
Hadith 37164
٣٧١٦٤ - حدثنا (محمد) (١) بن فضيل عن الأعمش عن شقيق قال: كتب عمر: إن (الدنيا) (٢) خضرة حلوة، فمن أخذها بحقها كان قمنا أن يبارك له فيها، ومن أخذها بغير ذلك كان كالآكل الذي لا يشبع (٣).
It is narrated from Hazrat Shaqiq that he says: Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote in a letter: Surely, the world is sweet and green. So whoever takes it with its due right, he is worthy that it be blessed for him in it, and whoever takes it without its due right, his example is like that of an eater who is never satisfied.
