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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب صلاة الاستسقاء
Book of the Prayer for Rain
باب: ما ينبغي لكل مسلم أن يستعمله من قصر الأمل والاستعداد للموت فإن الأمر قريب
Chapter: Every Muslim should curb his hopes and prepare for death, for the matter is near
Bayhaqi 6504 — Every Muslim should curb his hopes and prepare
قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ {قُلْ مَتَاعُ الدُّنْيَا قَلِيلٌ وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِمَنِ اتَّقَى} [النساء: 77] وَقَالَ {وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ} [آل عمران: 185] وَقَالَ فِيمَنْ لَمْ تُحْمَدْ فِعَالُهُمْ {ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ} [الحجر: 3] وَقَالَ {وَاتَّقُوا يَوْمًا تُرْجَعُونَ فِيهِ إِلَى اللهِ ثُمَّ تُوَفَّى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ} [البقرة: 281] وَقَالَ {يَوْمَ تَجِدُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا عَمِلَتْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ مُحْضَرًا} [آل عمران: 30] الْآيَةَ..
Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: "Say: The enjoyment of this world is very little, and the Hereafter is far better for those who are mindful (of Allah)." [Surah al-Nisa: 77]
And He said: "And the life of this world is nothing but the enjoyment of delusion." [Surah Al Imran: 185]
And concerning those whose deeds are not praiseworthy, He said: "Leave them to eat and enjoy themselves and let long hopes keep them heedless; soon they will come to know." [Surah al-Hijr: 3]
And He said: "And fear a Day in which you will be returned to Allah; then every soul will be paid in full for what it earned, and they will not be wronged." [Surah al-Baqarah: 281]
And He said: "On the Day when every soul will find the good it has done brought before it" [Surah Al Imran: 30], to the end of the verse.
And He said: "And the life of this world is nothing but the enjoyment of delusion." [Surah Al Imran: 185]
And concerning those whose deeds are not praiseworthy, He said: "Leave them to eat and enjoy themselves and let long hopes keep them heedless; soon they will come to know." [Surah al-Hijr: 3]
And He said: "And fear a Day in which you will be returned to Allah; then every soul will be paid in full for what it earned, and they will not be wronged." [Surah al-Baqarah: 281]
And He said: "On the Day when every soul will find the good it has done brought before it" [Surah Al Imran: 30], to the end of the verse.
حَدَّثَنَا، أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْعَلَوِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ إِمْلَاءً، ثنا أَبُو حَامِدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْحَافِظُ أَمْلَاهُ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ حِفْظِهِ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الذُّهْلِيُّ، ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " الْجَنَّةُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ، وَالنَّارُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ ". رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Paradise is closer to any one of you than the strap of his sandal, and so is the Fire."
