English translation
4113. It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "This world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever." (Sahih)
Hadith 4113
The Likeness Of This World(المعجم ٣) - بَابُ مَثَلِ الدُّنْيَا (التحفة ٣)
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Darussalam · Volume 5
37. The ChaptersOn AsceticismSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
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الحديث: 4113 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1378
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Source no. 4113 · Volume 9 · Page 113
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Arabic text
4113 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَرْوَانَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْعُثْمَانِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الدُّنْيَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ، وَجَنَّةُ الْكَافِرِ»
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a. As a prisoner is bound to follow many laws of the prison; he cannot act freely, similarly a believer is not free in this life to do what he desires, rather he follows the commands of Allāh at every point of his life, and as a reward he will get Paradise. b. A non-believer lives freely in this world, so he gets the punishment of Hell in Hereafter. The hardest life of this world, compared to the punishment of Hell, is considered a Paradise.