[Machine] And he was told, "If you command, we can gather from this rock and wood and build for you a mosque." He said, "Indeed, I fear that I will be burdened with its carrying on the Day of Resurrection, on my back."  

وَقِيلَ لَهُ لَوْ أَمَرْتَ فَجُمِعَ مِنْ هَذَا الصَّخْرِ وَالْخَشَبِ فَنَبْنِي لَكَ مَسْجِدًا قَالَ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ أُكَلَّفَ حَمْلَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى ظَهْرِي  

[Machine] Mu'adh, may Allah have mercy on him, said to his son, "O my son, when you pray a prayer, pray it as if it is a farewell prayer. Do not assume that you will return to it forever. And know, O my son, that a believer dies between two good deeds: the good deed he performed first and the good deed he performed last."  

قَالَ مُعَاذٌ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ لِابْنِهِ يَا بُنَيَّ إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ صَلَاةً فَصَلِّ صَلَاةَ مُوَدِّعٍ؛ لَا تَظُنُّ أَنَّكَ تَعُودُ إِلَيْهَا أَبَدًا وَاعْلَمْ يَا بُنَيَّ أَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يَمُوتُ بَيْنَ حَسَنَتَيْنِ حَسَنَةٍ قَدَّمَهَا وَحَسَنَةٍ أَخَّرَهَا  

[Machine] Mu'adh heard him saying, "There is nothing that can save a person from the punishment of Allah more than the remembrance of Allah." They said, "Not even Jihad in the cause of Allah?" He replied, "Not even if he strikes with his sword in the cause of Allah until it breaks."  

سَمِعَ مُعَاذًا وَهُوَ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ أَنْجَى لِابْنِ آدَمَ مِنْ عَذَابِ اللَّهِ مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ قَالُوا وَلَا السَّيْفُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَ وَلَا أَنْ يَضْرِبَ بِسَيْفِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ حَتَّى يَنْقَطِعَ  

[Machine] "And indeed Allah will resurrect those who are in the graves, entering them into Jannah (paradise)."  

وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُورِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ  

[Machine] Fast and break your fast, pray and sleep, earn and do not sin, and do not die except as a Muslim. And beware of the invocation of the oppressed.  

صُمْ وَأَفْطِرْ وَصَلِّ وَنَمْ وَاكْتَسِبْ وَلَا تَأْثَمْ وَلَا تَمُوتَنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتَ مُسْلِمٌ وَإِيَّاكَ وَدَعْوَةَ الْمَظْلُومِ  

[Machine] Look, we have reached the morning, and what has come to pass has been brought up. It was said to him, "You did not become morning until some of that came to pass." It was said to him, "You have already become morning." He said, "I seek refuge in Allah from a night whose morning leads to the Fire. Welcome to death, welcome to a visitor who will depart, welcome to a beloved guest who has come upon poverty. O Allah, indeed I used to fear You, but today I hope in You. O Allah, if You know that I did not love this world and its longevity for the palaces of rivers and the planting of trees, but rather for the thirst of the thirsty, the striving of the moments, and the companionship of the scholars during the gatherings of remembrance."  

انْظُرُوا أَصْبَحْنَا فَأُتِيَ فَقِيلَ لَمْ تُصْبِحْ حَتَّى أُتِيَ فِي بَعْضِ ذَلِكَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ قَدْ أَصْبَحْتَ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ لَيْلَةٍ صَبَاحُهَا إِلَى النَّارِ مَرْحَبًا بِالْمَوْتِ مَرْحَبًا زَائِرًا مُغَيَّبًا حَبِيبًا جَاءَ عَلَى فَاقَةٍ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ أَخَافُكَ فَأَنَا الْيَوْمَ أَرْجُوكَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ أُحِبُّ الدُّنْيَا وَطُولَ الْبَقَاءِ فِيهَا لِكَرْيِ الْأَنْهَارِ وَلَا لِغَرْسِ الشَّجَرِ وَلَكِنْ لِظَمَأِ الْهَوَاجِرِ وَمُكَابَدَةِ السَّاعَاتِ وَمُزَاحَمَةِ الْعُلَمَاءِ بِالرُّكَبِ عِنْدَ حِلَقِ الذِّكْرِ  

[Machine] "That you do it, you will not be rewarded until you do it."  

أَنْ تَعْمَلُوهُ فَلَنْ تُؤْجَرُوا حَتَّى تَعْمَلُوا  

[Machine] "To feed me with bread as long as I am with you, to take care of my donkey, and to gather your dues. When his work was done, he entered the city. When he reached the age of arrival, he sat on the road to see how he was doing compared to what he had left behind. When he saw him in that condition, he embraced him and said, 'You are my brother and I am your brother. You are my brother and I am your brother.'"  

أَنْ تُطْعِمُونِي مِنَ الْخُبْزِ مَا دُمْتُ فِيكُمْ وَتَعْلِفُوا حِمَارِي وَتَجْمَعُوا خَرَاجَكُمْ فَلَمَّا انْقَضَى عَمَلُهُ دَخَلَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ عُمَرَ قُدُومُهُ قَعَدَ لَهُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ لِيَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ حَالُهُ مِمَّا فَارَقَهُ عَلَيْهِ؟ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ فِي تِلْكَ الْحَالِ اعْتَنَقَهُ وَقَالَ أَنْتَ أَخِي وَأَنَا أَخُوكَ أَنْتَ أَخِي وَأَنَا أَخُوكَ  

[Machine] "Abu Hurairah stood on the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Medina, below the place where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to stand at the gate. He said, 'All praise is due to Allah who guided Abu Hurairah to Islam. All praise is due to Allah who taught Abu Hurairah the Quran. All praise is due to Allah who granted me honor through Muhammad ﷺ. All praise is due to Allah who fed me yeast and clothed me in wool. All praise is due to Allah who married me to the daughter of Ghazwan after I used to serve her as a slave with the food of my stomach. She kicked me out, and I kicked her just as she kicked me. Then he said, 'Woe to the Arabs from an impending evil! Woe to them from the rule of immature youths who judge them based on their desires and kill them out of anger. Rejoice, O children of Farrukh! Rejoice, O children of Farrukh! By the One in whose hand is my soul, if religion were suspended in the Pleiades, some people from among you would attain it.'"  

أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْمَدِينَةِ دُونَ مَقَامِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِعَتَبَةٍ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَى أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي عَلَّمَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ الْقُرْآنَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي مَنَّ عَلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِي الْخَمِيرَ وَأَلْبَسَنِي الْجَبِيرَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي زَوَّجَنِي بِنْتَ غَزْوَانَ بَعْدَمَا كُنْتُ أَجِيرًا لَهَا بِطَعَامِ بَطْنِي فَأَرْجَلَتْنِي فَأَرْجَلْتُهَا كَمَا أَرْجَلَتْنِي ثُمَّ قَالَ وَيْلٌ لِلْعَرَبِ مِنْ شَرِّ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ وَيْلٌ لَهُمْ مِنْ إِمَارَةِ الصِّبْيَانِ يَحْكُمُونَ فِيهِمْ بِالْهَوَى وَيَقْتُلُونَ بِالْغَضَبِ أَبْشِرُوا يَا بَنِي فَرُّوخَ أَبْشِرُوا يَا بَنِي فَرُّوخَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ أَنَّ الدِّينَ مُعَلَّقٌ بِالثُّرَيَّا لَنَالَهُ مِنْكُمْ أَقْوَامٌ  

[Machine] He read Surah Al-Jathiya and when he came across this verse, he cried: "Or do those who commit evils think We will make them like those who have believed and done righteous deeds?" [Al-Jathiya 21] Then he continued to repeat it and cry until morning.  

أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْجَاثِيَةِ فَلَمَّا أَتَى هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ بَكَى {أَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذِينَ اجْتَرَحُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ أَنْ نَجْعَلَهُمْ كَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ} [الجاثية 21] فَجَعَلَ يُرَدِّدُهَا وَيَبْكِي حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ  

[Machine] Fear Allah. I seek refuge from the morning fire. Stick to the straight path in religion that you know today, so do not deny it tomorrow. And do not know what you deny today tomorrow.  

اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ أَعُوذُ مِنْ صَبَاحِ النَّارِ إِيَّاكُمْ وَالتَّلَوُّنَ فِي الدِّينِ مَا عَرَفْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ فَلَا تُنْكِرُوهُ غَدًا وَمَا أَنْكَرْتُمُوهُ الْيَوْمَ فَلَا تَعْرِفُوهُ غَدًا  

[Machine] To meet someone after me who is wiser than me, if you want to pray, perfect your ablution and pray a prayer that you think you will never pray after it. Beware of greed, as it brings poverty. Rely on despair, as it is richness. Stay away from excuses in speech and action, and do what seems best to you.  

أَنْ تَلْقَى بَعْدِي أَحَدًا هُوَ أَنْصَحُ لَكَ مِنِّي إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ فَأَحْسِنِ الْوُضُوءَ وَصَلِّ صَلَاةً تَرَى أَنَّكَ لَا [150] تُصَلِّي بَعْدَهَا أَبَدًا وَإِيَّاكَ وَالطَّمَعَ؛ فَإِنَّهُ حَاضِرُ الْفَقْرِ وَعَلَيْكَ بِالْإِيَاسِ فَإِنَّهُ الْغِنَى وَإِيَّاكَ وَمَا يُعْتَذَرُ مِنْهُ مِنْ الْقَوْلِ وَالْعَمَلِ وَافْعَلْ مَا بَدَا لَكَ  

[Machine] Jundub al-Bajali came down upon me and I heard him say, "The example of one who admonishes people but forgets himself is like a lamp that illuminates for others but burns itself."  

نَزَلَ عَلَيَّ جُنْدُبٌ الْبَجَلِيُّ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَعِظُ النَّاسَ وَيَنْسَى نَفْسَهُ مَثَلُ الْمِصْبَاحِ يُضِيءُ لِغَيْرِهِ وَيَحْرِقُ نَفْسَهُ  

[Machine] "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'The one who has an atom's weight of arrogance in their heart will not enter Paradise.'"  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ»  

[Machine] About his share of his worldly life, and he is in need of his share of the hereafter. So, when two matters come to you, one for the hereafter and one for this world, start with the matter of the hereafter and give it priority, for it will come to you and complete it. Then, it will honor and respect you. Then, it will depart with you wherever you go. He said, "By Allah, it was as if the advice of a people was written on my heart, and Allah instilled in my heart what he said." So when he passed by me, I asked, "Who is this man?" It was said, "Mu'adh ibn Jabal, may Allah have mercy on him."  

عَنْ حَظِّهِ مِنْ دُنْيَاهُ وَهُوَ إِلَى نَصِيبِهِ مِنْ الْآخِرَةِ أَحْوَجُ فَإِذَا تَنَازَعَكَ أَمْرَانِ أَمْرٌ لِلْآخِرَةِ وَأَمْرٌ لِلدُّنْيَا فَابْدَأْ بِأَمْرِ الْآخِرَةِ فَآثِرْهُ فَإِنَّهُ سَتَأْتِي عَلَيْهِ فَتَفْطُمُهُ افْتِطَامًا ثُمَّ تَحْتَرِمُهُ احْتِرامًا ثُمَّ تَزُولُ مَعَهُ حَيْثُمَا زَالَ قَالَ فَوَاللَّهِ لَكَأَنَّ وَصَايَا الْقَوْمِ نُسِخَتْ مِنْ صَدْرِي وَأَوْقَعَ اللَّهُ ﷻ فِي صَدْرِي مَا قَالَ فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَنِي قُلْتُ مَنِ الرَّجُلُ؟ فَقِيلَ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ  

[Machine] "It has reached me what you say. Indeed, this is a mercy from your Lord and the supplication of your Prophet ﷺ. It was sufficient for the righteous before you, but they feared what is more severe than that: a person from among you going to his home not knowing whether he is a believer or a hypocrite, and they feared the tyranny of the rulers."  

إِنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَغَنِي مَا تَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا هَذِهِ رَحْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ ﷻ وَدَعْوَةُ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ وَكَفَتِ الصَّالِحِينَ قَبْلَكُمْ وَلَكِنْ خَافُوا مَا هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَنْ يَغْدُوَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْكُمْ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ لَا يَدْرِي أَمُؤْمِنٌ هُوَ أَوْ مُنَافِقٌ وَخَافُوا إِمَارَةَ الصِّبْيَانِ  

[Machine] Three things, if done, one is exposed to the risk of excessive laughter without surprise, sleep without staying awake, and eating without hunger.  

ثَلَاثٌ مَنْ فَعَلَهُنَّ فَقَدْ تَعَرَّضَ لِلْمَقْتِ الضَّحِكُ مِنْ غَيْرِ عَجَبٍ وَالنَّوْمُ مِنْ غَيْرِ سَهَرٍ وَالْأَكْلُ مِنْ غَيْرِ جُوعٍ  

[Machine] There were two women under the protection of Mu'adh, may Allah have mercy on him. If one of them had water at her house, the other would not drink from the water of the other.  

كَانَ تَحْتَ مُعَاذٍ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ امْرَأَتَانِ فَإِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَ إِحْدَاهُمَا لَمْ يَشْرَبْ مِنْ بَيْتِ الْأُخْرَى مَاءً  

[Machine] Abu Talhah Hakim ibn Dinar narrated to me that they used to say the verse of the supplication that is answered when you see people being heedless, so turn in longing to your Lord at that time with desires.  

حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو طَلْحَةَ حَكِيمُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ آيَةُ الدُّعَاءِ الْمُسْتَجَابِ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ النَّاسَ غَفَلُوا فَارْغَبْ إِلَى رَبِّكَ ﷻ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ رَغَبَاتٍ  

[Machine] "What action did a human being do that saved him from the punishment of Allah, other than the remembrance of Allah?" They said, "O Abu Abdullah, not even Jihad in the path of Allah?" He said, "No, unless he is struck with his sword until it is cut off, because Allah says in His book, 'And the remembrance of Allah is greater'" (Surah Al-Ankabut 45).  

مَا عَمِلَ آدَمِيٌّ عَمَلًا أَنْجَى لَهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ اللَّهِ مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ قَالُوا يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَلَا الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ قَالَ وَلَا إِلَى أَنْ يُضْرَبَ بِسَيْفِهِ حَتَّى يَنْقَطِعَ؛ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ يَقُولُ فِي كِتَابِهِ {وَلَذِكْرُ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ} [العنكبوت 45]