English translation
2324. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “The world is a prison for the believer and Paradise for the disbeliever.” (Ṣaḥīḥ) [Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
Hadith 2324
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Darussalam · Volume 4
34. Chapters On Zuhd From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 152
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Source no. 2324 · Volume 5 · Page 324
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Arabic text
٢٣٢٤ - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الدُّنْيَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَجَنَّةُ الْكَافِرِ». وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.
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The main characteristic of a prison is that the prisoner in it is not free to lead a life of his choice, but is bound by the laws of the prison and the whims of its officers. He is neither free in eating and drinking, nor in sleeping and awakening, nor in moving about nor in meeting with the people at will. In short, he has no freedom of any kind in a prison house, and has willy-nilly to obey the orders of others. The second thing is that no prisoner loves his prison like home, but is always on the lookout to somehow get out of it. Paradise, on the other hand, is a place where the inhabitants will have no such restrictions. Each person will live a life of his choice, and every desire of his will be fulfilled, and he will never feel the desire to get out of it.