Sayyidina Abu Sa’eed Khudri (RA) reported : Allah’s Messenger (SAW) offered the salah of asr with us one day. Then, he got up and addressed us, leaving out nothing that would happen till the Last Hour and informed us of all that. So, he who did, remembered it and he who forgot, forgot it. Of what he said is, “The world is green and sweet and Allah has made you khaufah here. He will see how you work. Beware! Preserve yourself from the world and preserve yourself from women. Beware ! Let not awe of the people prevent one who has knowledge from speaking the truth. “The sub-narrator said that Abu Sa’eed (RA) wept and said, “By Allah, we saw something and were awe-stricken.” The Prophet (SAW) also said, “Beware! The standard will be set up on the Day of Resurrection for the betrayer according to the degree of his betrayal. And no betrayal is greater then the betrayal of the general imam. His standard will he posted on his back.” Sayyidina Abu Sa’eed reported that of what they remembered that day is (the Prophet (SAW) saying), “Beware ! The children of Adam are created on different stages: Among them is he who is born a Believer, lives a Believer and dies a Believer. Among them is he too who is born an infidel, lives as an infidel and dies an infidel. Among them is he who is born Believer, Lives as a Believer hut dies an infidel. And among them is he who is born an infidel, lives as an infidel but dies a Believer. Beware! And among them is one who is slow to get angry but quick to cool down. And among them is he who is quick to get angry and also quick to cool down. They are auke, equal. And of them is one who is quick to get angry, but slow to cool down. Beware! The best of them is the slow to get angry and quick to cool down and the worst of them is the quick to get angry and the slow to cool down. Beware! Among them is the one who is a good pay master and mild in demanding repayment. And among them is he who is had at repayment and mild in demanding repayment. And among them is he who is good at repaymant and harsh in demanding repayment. That is the equilibrium. Beware! Among them is he who is a bad paymaster and a harsh collector (of debts). Beware, the best of them is the good paymaster and mild in demanding repayment. Beware! And the worst of them is he who is bad at repayment and harsh in demanding. Beware! Anger is a firebrand in the heart of the son of Adam. Do you not see the redness of his eyes and the swollen vein on his neck. Thus, one who feels something of that, let him cling down to earth, close to it.’ The narrator said that they looked at the sun to see if it was there or had set down. The Prophet (SAW) then said, Beware! The world’s life will not last but onv as much as is past, except like this day of yours compared to what has gone by of it.’
[ Ibn Majah 4000]
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