Darussalam · Volume 4
34. Chapters On Zuhd From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 2323 · Volume 5 · Page 323
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (٤١٠٨)
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2323. Qais bin Abī Hāzim said: I heard Mustawrid, a member of Banū Fīhr, saying: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “The world compared to the Hereafter is but like what one of you gets when placing his finger into the sea, so look at what you draw from it.” (Ṣaḥīh) [Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīh. [Ismā‘il bin Abī Khālid’s (a narrator in the chain) Kunyah is Abū ‘Abdullāh, and Qais bin Abī Hāzim’s father’s name is ‘Abd bin ‘Awf and he was a Companion.]
٢٣٢٣ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مُسْتَوْرِدًا أَخَا بَنِي فِهْرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَا الدُّنْيَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا مِثْلُ مَا يَجْعَلُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي الْيَمِّ،» فَلْيَنْظُرْ بِمَاذَا يَرْجِعُ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ يُكْنَى أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ. وَوَالِدُ قَيْسٍ أَبُو حَازِمٍ اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ بْنُ عَوْفٍ، وَهُوَ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ.
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The Hadīth is in fact intended to convey the idea that the world, when compared to the Hereafter, is as insignificant as is the drop of water sticking to a man’s finger in comparison with the sea. The parable has just been coined to deliver a message. Otherwise in reality, the world does not weigh even as much as we understand from the parable since the world, along with all its paraphernalia, is at best temporal and limited while the Hereafter is limitless and never-ending. And it is a known fact that the limited and temporal cannot be compared with the never-ending and limitless.