The Likeness Of This World(المعجم ٣) - بَابُ مَثَلِ الدُّنْيَا (التحفة ٣)
Darussalam · Volume 5
37. The ChaptersOn AsceticismSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4108 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1376
Source no. 4108 · Volume 9 · Page 108
Sahih
صحيح، الروض النضير (٨٥٢) ، التعليق الرغيب (٤ / ١٠٢)
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4108. Mustawrid, a brother of Banu Fihr, said: "I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'The likeness of this world in comparison to the Hereafter is that of anyone of you dipping his finger into the sea: let him see what he brings forth.'" (Sahih)
4108 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْمُسْتَوْرِدَ، أَخَا بَنِي فِهْرٍ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: «مَا مَثَلُ الدُّنْيَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ، إِلَّا مَثَلُ مَا يَجْعَلُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي الْيَمِّ، فَلْيَنْظُرْ بِمَ يَرْجِعُ»
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Favors of Paradise comparing to the favors of this life are so precious that the value of some inches of the land in Paradise is more precious than all the wealth and treasures of this world. Besides, the other favors that Paradise has, such as palaces, gardens; the comfort and blessing they contain, pure wives, maids, etc., can one imagine or estimate their value? Overall, the blessing of looking at Allāh, the Exalted, is so precious that all the blessings, comparing to it, are of no value.