Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

I remember that the Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) took water from a bucket (which was in our home used for getting water out of well) with his mouth (and threw it on my face).

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah will not accept the excuse of any person whose instant of death is delayed till
he is sixty years of age.”

I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saying, “The heart of an old man remains young in two respects, i.e., his love
for the world (its wealth, amusements and luxuries) and his incessant hope.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) drew a square and then drew a line in the middle of it and let it extend outside the square
and then drew several small lines attached to that central line, and said, “This is the human being, and
this, (the square) in his lease of life, encircles him from all sides (or has encircled him), and this (line),
which is outside (the square), is his hope, and these small lines are the calamities and troubles (which
may befall him), and if one misses him, an-other will snap (i.e. overtake) him, and if the other misses
him, a third will snap (i.e. overtake) him.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) drew a few lines and said, “This is (man’s) hope, and this is the instant of his death, and
while he is in this state (of hope), the nearer line (death) comes to Him.”

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “A (small) place equal to an area occupied by a whip in Paradise is better
than the (whole) world and whatever is in it; and an undertaking (journey) in the forenoon or in the
afternoon for Allah’s Cause, is better than the whole world and whatever is in it.”

`Abdullah bin `Umar said, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) took hold of my shoulder and said, ‘Be in this world as if
you were a stranger or a traveler.” The sub-narrator added: Ibn `Umar used to say, “If you survive till
the evening, do not expect to be alive in the morning, and if you survive till the morning, do not
expect to be alive in the evening, and take from your health for your sickness, and (take) from your
life for your death.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “O Allah! There is no life worth living except the life of the Hereafter, so (please)
make righteous the Ansar and the Emigrants.”

We were in the company of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) in (the battle of) Al-Khandaq, and he was digging the
trench while we were carrying the earth away. He looked at us and said, “O Allah! There is no life
worth living except the life of the Hereafter, so (please) forgive the Ansar and the Emigrants.”

While we were waiting for `Abdullah (bin Mas`ud). Yazid bin Muawiya came. I said (to him), “Will
you sit down?” He said, “No, but I will go into the house (of Ibn Mas`ud) and let your companion (Ibn
Mas`ud) come out to you; and if he should not (come out), I will come out and sit (with you).” Then
`Abdullah came out, holding the hand of Yazid, addressed us, saying, “I know that you are assembled
here, but the reason that prevents me from coming out to you, is that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to preach to
us at intervals during the days, lest we should become bored.”