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ahmad-zuhd:1011ʿAbdullāh from my father > Shujāʿ b. al-Walīd > ʿAmr b. Qays ʿAmman > Muʿādh ؒ Taʿālá Lammā > Ḥaḍarah al-Mawt > Ānẓurūā Aṣbaḥnā Faʾutī Faqīl Lam Tuṣbiḥ

[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."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٠١١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُجَاعُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ مُعَاذٍ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لَمَّا أَنْ حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ انْظُرُوا أَصْبَحْنَا؟ فَأُتِيَ فَقِيلَ لَمْ تُصْبِحْ قَالَ

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