... عَنْ ابْن
عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و
سلم بِمَنْكِبِي، وَقَالَ: "كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّك
غَرِيبٌ أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ". وَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ
عَنْهُمَا يَقُولُ: إذَا أَمْسَيْتَ فَلَا تَنْتَظِرْ الصَّبَاحَ، وَإِذَا
أَصْبَحْتَ فَلَا تَنْتَظِرْ الْمَسَاءَ، وَخُذْ مِنْ صِحَّتِك لِمَرَضِك، وَمِنْ
حَيَاتِك لِمَوْتِك. رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ [رقم:6416]. ...
On the
authority of Abdullah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The
Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) took me by the
shoulder and said, “Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a
wayfarer.” And Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say, “In the
evening do not expect [to live until] the morning, and in the morning do not
expect [to live until] the evening. Take [advantage of] your health before
times of sickness, and [take advantage of] your life before your death.” It was
related by al-Bukhari.
... حَدَّثَنَا
مُوسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْكِنْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ حُبَابٍ،
أَخْبَرَنِي الْمَسْعُودِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ
إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ نَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ
صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى حَصِيرٍ فَقَامَ وَقَدْ أَثَّرَ فِي جَنْبِهِ فَقُلْنَا
يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوِ اتَّخَذْنَا لَكَ وِطَاءً . فَقَالَ " مَا لِي
وَمَا لِلدُّنْيَا مَا أَنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ كَرَاكِبٍ
اسْتَظَلَّ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ ثُمَّ رَاحَ وَتَرَكَهَا " . قَالَ وَفِي
الْبَابِ عَنْ عُمَرَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ
حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . ...
'Abdullah narrated : "The
Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) was sleeping upon a mat, then he stood, and the mat
had left marks on his side. We said: 'O Messenger of Allah! We said: 'O
Messenger of Allah! We could get a bed for you.' He said: 'What do I have to do
with the world! I am not in the world but as a rider seeking shade under a
tree, then he catches his breath and leaves it.'" (Hasan)
... - وعن أبي
هريرة، رضي الله عنه، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: " يدخل
الفقراء الجنة قبل الأغنياء بخمسمائة عام" ((رواه الترمذي
وقال: جديث حسن صحيح)). ...
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased
with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "The poor will enter
Jannah five hundred years before the rich."
Evidence from the Qur'aan
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا
رَبَّكُمْ وَاخْشَوْا يَوْمًا لَّا يَجْزِي وَالِدٌ عَن وَلَدِهِ وَلَا
مَوْلُودٌ هُوَ جَازٍ عَن وَالِدِهِ شَيْئًا ۚ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ ۖ
فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُم
بِاللَّهِ الْغَرُورُ
O mankind! Be afraid
of your Lord (by keeping your duty to Him and avoiding all evil), and fear a
Day when no father can avail aught for his son, nor a son avail aught for his
father. Verily, the Promise of Allah is true, let not then this (worldly) present
life deceive you, nor let the chief deceiver (Satan) deceive you about Allah.
31:33
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ
ۗ وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ أُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۖ فَمَن
زُحْزِحَ عَنِ النَّارِ وَأُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فَازَ ۗ وَمَا
الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ
Everyone shall taste death. And
only on the Day of Resurrection shall you be paid your wages in full. And
whoever is removed away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, he indeed is
successful. The life of this world is only the enjoyment of deception (a
deceiving thing).3:185
فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
Therefore withdraw (O Muhammad SAW)
from him who turns away from Our Reminder (this Quran) and desires nothing but
the life of this world.53:29
يَا قَوْمِ إِنَّمَا هَٰذِهِ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا مَتَاعٌ وَإِنَّ الْآخِرَةَ هِيَ دَارُ الْقَرَارِ
"O my people! Truly, this life
of the world is nothing but a (quick passing) enjoyment, and verily, the
Hereafter that is the home that will remain forever."
40:39
وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا
لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا امْرَأَتَ فِرْعَوْنَ إِذْ قَالَتْ رَبِّ ابْنِ لِي
عِندَكَ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَنَجِّنِي مِن فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَمَلِهِ
وَنَجِّنِي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ
And Allah has set forth an example
for those who believe, the wife of Fir'aun (Pharaoh), when she said: "My
Lord! Build for me a home with You in Paradise, and save me from Fir'aun
(Pharaoh) and his work, and save me from the people who are Zalimun
(polytheists, wrong-doers and disbelievers in Allah).
66:11
In the above aayah Aasiya alaihissalaam wife of the Phir'aoun asked what? A Home in the Paradise. She had all her dunya in front of her by being the wife of Phir'aoun but she didn't prefer this wordly life and life with Phir'aun rather she chosed the Hereafter!