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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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The lives of the salaf between speech and action.

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Hope.

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What has been said regarding hope, and that it is an instinct in man.

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Mutarrif Ibn 'Abdullah, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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"If I knew when my appointed time was, I would fear for the loss of my sanity."

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"But Allah has favored His servants by making them oblivious to death."

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"Were it not for this obliviousness, they would find no joy in life, nor would markets be established among them."

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The exhortation to shorten one's hopes.

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'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, said:

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"The two things I fear most for you are:"

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"Following desires and having long-term hopes."

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"As for following desires, it turns one away from the truth."

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"And as for long-term hopes, it makes one forget the Hereafter."

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"Verily, the Hereafter is approaching, moving forward."

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"Verily, the world is departing, moving backward."

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"Each of them has its own children."

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"So be children of the Hereafter."

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"And do not be children of the world."

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"For today there is action without reckoning."

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"And tomorrow there is reckoning without action."

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Al-Fudayl Ibn 'Iyad, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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"Yesterday is a lesson."

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"Today is for action."

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"And tomorrow is for hope."

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One of the salaf, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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"I have never slept a sleep,"

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"without telling myself that I might wake up from it."

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Muhammad Ibn Wasi', may Allah have mercy on him, used to:

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When he wanted to sleep, say to his family:

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"I entrust you to Allah,"

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"for this might be the death from which I do not rise."

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This was his habit whenever he wanted to sleep.

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A devout woman in Makkah, when evening came, would say:

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"O soul, this night is your night,"

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"you have no other night besides it."

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Then she would strive in worship.

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And when morning came, she would say:

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"O soul, this day is your day,"

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"you have no other day besides it."

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Then she would strive in worship.

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Bakr al-Muzani, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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"If you want your prayer to benefit you, say:"

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"Perhaps I will not pray another one after this."

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One of the salaf, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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It is said:

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"Whoever shortens his hopes finds his life easy."

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Sufyan said:

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"Meaning regarding food and clothing."

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And from Shumayt Ibn 'Ajlan, may Allah have mercy on him, who said:

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"The believer says to his soul:"

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"It is only three days."

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"Yesterday has passed with what was in it."

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"Tomorrow is a hope you may not reach."

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"If you are among those who will see tomorrow,"

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"then tomorrow will come with its own provision."

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"Between you and tomorrow is a day and a night,"

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"in which many souls are taken."

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"You might be the one whose soul is taken."

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"Each day has its own worries."

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"Yet you have burdened your weak heart,"

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"with the worries of years and ages,"

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"the worries of high prices and low prices,"

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"the worries of winter before winter arrives,"

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"and the worries of summer before summer arrives."

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"So what have you left of your weak heart for its Hereafter?"

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"Every day, your lifespan decreases,"

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"your lifespan decreases, yet you do not grieve."

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"Every day, your provision is fulfilled,"

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"yet you do not grieve."

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"You have been given what suffices you,"

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"yet you seek what makes you transgress."

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"You are not satisfied with a little,"

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"nor are you sated by a lot."

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"How can a learned person not perceive his own ignorance,"

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"when he is unable to be grateful for what he already has?"

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"Or how can one work for the Hereafter,"

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"whose desires for the world never cease,"

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"and whose greed for it never ends?"

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"It is truly strange, most strange, for someone to believe,"

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"in the Abode of Eternal Life,"

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"while he strives for the Abode of Deception."

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And from Ibrahim Ibn Nashit, who said:

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Abu Zur'ah, may Allah have mercy on him, said to me:

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"I will tell you something I have not told,"

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"to anyone else."

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"I have not left the mosque for 20 years,"

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"without telling myself that I might return to it."

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One of the salaf, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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"We all have certainty about death,"

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"yet we see no one preparing for it."

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"We all have certainty about Paradise,"

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"yet we see no one working for it."

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"We all have certainty about the Fire,"

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"yet we see no one fearing it."

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"So what is this confusion?"

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"And what are you waiting for?"

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"Death is the first thing that will come to you,"

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"from Allah, either with good or with evil."

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"O my brothers,"

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"journey to your Lord with a beautiful journey."

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Condemning greed and stinginess.

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Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, said:

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"What disease is more painful than stinginess?"

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And 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, used to:"

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Say from the pulpit:

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"O people, greed is poverty,"

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"and despair [of what others have] is wealth."

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"For when a human despairs of something,"

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"he becomes independent of it."

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Yahya Ibn Mu'adh, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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"Two calamities, the likes of which the first and last generations have never heard:"

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"Regarding his wealth at the time of his death,"

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"It was asked: 'What are they?'"

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"He said: 'It is all taken from him,'"

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"'and he is questioned about all of it.'"

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One of the salaf, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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"If you have what Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, gave to,"

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"Nuh, Ibrahim, Musa, and 'Isa,"

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"and Muhammad, may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon them,"

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"and you do not consider it enough,"

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"then consider what Allah gave to Nimrod, Pharaoh, and Haman."

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"So when will you succeed?"

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Banan al-Hammal, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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"The free man is a slave as long as he is greedy,"

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"and the slave is free as long as he is content."

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The lives of the salaf,

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between speech and action.