19 July 2011

Yahya ibn Muadh regarding life of this world

"O how poor is man, if he fears Hell in the same degree of his fearing poverty, then he will enter Paradise."

"I don't order you to abandon life but to abandon sins. Abandoning life is a virtue and abandoning sins is a duty, so your need for this latter is greater than your need for the former."

"How can't I love this life? A sustenance is decreedv for me in it which keeps me alive and helps me to perform the deeds of obedience that will lead me to Paradise."

"The life of this world is a house of deeds and the Hereafter is a house of horrors. Man remains
between deeds and horrors until he settles either in Paradise or in Hell."

"O man! You seek this life as an imperious need for you, whereas you seek the Hereafter as if
you are in no need of it. However, the All-Mighty Allah has spared you the efforts as regards to your needs in the life of this world, and if you seek the Hereafter, then you will obtain it, so take your decision."

"Night is so long therefore don't shorten it with sleep, and day is so pure therefore don't soil it with your sins."

"It is difficult to renounce the life of this world and it is even more difficult to renounce Paradise, but the dowry of Paradise is the renunciation of the life of this world."

Source: The life of this world is a transient shade

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