[Machine] Salman al-Farsi, may Allah have mercy upon him, used to say, "Three things made me laugh and three things made me cry. I laughed at the one who hopes for this worldly life, yet death seeks him, and he is heedless, while the one who mocks him is unaware whether his Lord is angry with him or pleased. And three things made me cry: the separation from the beloved Prophet Muhammad and his companions, and the horror of the beginning when death approaches, and standing in front of the Lord of all worlds when I do not know if I will be directed towards the Fire or towards Paradise."  

أَنَّ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيَّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ أَضْحَكَنِي ثَلَاثٌ وَأَبْكَانِي ثَلَاثٌ ضَحِكْتُ مِنْ مُؤَمِّلِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْمَوْتُ يَطْلُبُهُ وَغَافِلٍ لَا يُغْفَلُ عَنْهُ وَضَاحِكٍ مِلْءَ فِيهِ لَا يَدْرِي أَمُسْخِطٌ رَبَّهُ أَوْ مُرْضِيهِ وَأَبْكَانِي ثَلَاثٌ فِرَاقُ الْأَحِبَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَحِزْبِهِ وَهَوْلُ الْمَطْلَعِ عِنْدَ غَمَرَاتِ الْمَوْتِ وَالْوُقُوفُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ حِينَ لَا أَدْرِي إِلَى النَّارِ أَنْصَرِفُ أَمْ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ