مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الزهدBook of Asceticism
كلام أبي الدرداء ﵁Sayings of Abu al-Darda’ رضي الله عنه
Hadith 37302
٣٧٣٠٢ - حدثنا حسين بن علي عن زائدة عن عبد الملك بن عمير عن رجاء بن (حيوة) (١) قال: جمع أبو الدرداء أهل دمشق فقال: اسمعوا من أخ لكم (ناصح) (٢): أتجمعون ما لا تأكلون، وتؤملون ما لا تدركون، وتبنون ما لا تسكنون، أين الذين كانوا من قبلكم، فجمعوا كثيرا وأملوا بعيدا وبنوا شديدا، فأصبح جمعهم بورا، وأصبح أملهم غرورا، وأصبحت ديارهم قبورا (٣).
It is narrated from Hazrat Raja bin Haywah that he says: Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) gathered the people of Damascus and then said: Listen to your well-wishing brother. Do you accumulate that which you will not eat? And do you hope for things which you will not attain? And do you build that in which you will not live? Where are those who were before you? They accumulated much and made distant hopes, and built strong (buildings). Then what they accumulated became useless, their hopes deceived them, and their homes became graves.
