81. To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq)

٨١۔ كتاب الرقاق

81.4 About hope and hoping too much

٨١۔٤ باب فِي الأَمَلِ وَطُولِهِ

[Machine] And the saying of Allah the Exalted: "So whoever is moved away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has indeed attained success. And what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion?" "Leave them to eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know." And Ali said: "The worldly life is leaving, and the Hereafter is approaching. Each one of them has children, so be among the children of the Hereafter and not among the children of the worldly life. For indeed, today is [the time of] action without reckoning, and tomorrow is reckoning without action." "By moving it away" means by distancing it.

وَقَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {فَمَنْ زُحْزِحَ عَنِ النَّارِ وَأُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فَازَ وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ}، {ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الأَمَلُ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ}. وَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ارْتَحَلَتِ الدُّنْيَا مُدْبِرَةً، وَارْتَحَلَتِ الآخِرَةُ مُقْبِلَةً، وَلِكُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا بَنُونَ، فَكُونُوا مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ الآخِرَةِ، وَلاَ تَكُونُوا مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ الدُّنْيَا، فَإِنَّ الْيَوْمَ عَمَلٌ وَلاَ حِسَابَ، وَغَدًا حِسَابٌ وَلاَ عَمَلَ. {بِمُزَحْزِحِهِ} بِمُبَاعِدِهِ.

bukhari:6417Ṣadaqah b. al-Faḍl > Yaḥyá > Sufyān from my father > Mundhir > Rabīʿ b. Khuthaym > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ drew a square and then drew a line in the middle of it and let it extend outside the square and then drew several small lines attached to that central line, and said, "This is the human being, and this, (the square) in his lease of life, encircles him from all sides (or has encircled him), and this (line), which is outside (the square), is his hope, and these small lines are the calamities and troubles (which may befall him), and if one misses him, an-other will snap (i.e. overtake) him, and if the other misses him, a third will snap (i.e. overtake) him."  

البخاري:٦٤١٧حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ مُنْذِرٍ عَنْ رَبِيعِ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ

خَطَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ خَطًّا مُرَبَّعًا وَخَطَّ خَطًّا فِي الْوَسَطِ خَارِجًا مِنْهُ وَخَطَّ خُطُطًا صِغَارًا إِلَى هَذَا الَّذِي فِي الْوَسَطِ مِنْ جَانِبِهِ الَّذِي فِي الْوَسَطِ وَقَالَ هَذَا الإِنْسَانُ وَهَذَا أَجَلُهُ مُحِيطٌ بِهِ أَوْ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِهِ وَهَذَا الَّذِي هُوَ خَارِجٌ أَمَلُهُ وَهَذِهِ الْخُطُطُ الصِّغَارُ الأَعْرَاضُ فَإِنْ أَخْطَأَهُ هَذَا نَهَشَهُ هَذَا وَإِنْ أَخْطَأَهُ هَذَا نَهَشَهُ هَذَا  

bukhari:6418Muslim > Hammām > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ drew a few lines and said, "This is (man's) hope, and this is the instant of his death, and while he is in this state (of hope), the nearer line (death) comes to Him."  

البخاري:٦٤١٨حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

خَطَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ خُطُوطًا فَقَالَ هَذَا الأَمَلُ وَهَذَا أَجَلُهُ فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ جَاءَهُ الْخَطُّ الأَقْرَبُ