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The Forty Hadiths of al-Nawawi.

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On the authority of Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said:

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The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) took hold of my shoulder and said:

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"Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a wayfarer."

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And Ibn 'Umar used to say:

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"When evening comes, do not anticipate the morning,

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and when morning comes, do not anticipate the evening.

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Take from your health for your illness,

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and from your life for your death."

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Related by al-Bukhari.

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This hadith explains the true reality of the worldly life:

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that it is a temporary transit, not an abode of permanent rest.

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Thus, it calls upon the Muslim not to become attached to it

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or preoccupied with its transient adornments,

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but rather to prepare and strive for the Hereafter.

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For the believer lives in it like a stranger,

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never taking it as a permanent homeland,

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or like a traveler whose sole concern is reaching his final destination.

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Therefore, this hadith nurtures asceticism and a curtailing of worldly hopes,

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encourages seizing time in acts of obedience,

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and warns against heedlessness regarding one's ultimate destiny.