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nasai-kubra:11803Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Maymūn > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > al-Awzāʿī > ʿAbdah b. Abū Lubābah > Ibn ʿUmar

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of some part of my body and said: ‘O ‘Abdullah, be in this world like a stranger, or one who is passing through, and consider yourself as one of the people of the graves.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4114)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٨٠٣عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِبَعْضِ جَسَدِي فَقَالَ «اعْبُدِ اللهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ وَكُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ»  


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ibnmajah:4114Yaḥyá b. Ḥabīb b. ʿArabī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Layth > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿUmar

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of some part of my body and said: ‘O ‘Abdullah, be in this world like a stranger, or one who is passing through, and consider yourself as one of the people of the graves.’”  

ابن ماجة:٤١١٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عَرَبِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِبَعْضِ جَسَدِي فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ أَوْ كَأَنَّكَ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ وَعُدَّ نَفْسَكَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقُبُورِ  

ahmad:6156Abū al-Mughīrah > al-Awzāʿī > ʿAbdah b. Abū Lubābah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of some part of my body and said: ‘O ‘Abdullah, be in this world like a stranger, or one who is passing through, and consider yourself as one of the people of the graves.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4114)   

أحمد:٦١٥٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدَةُ بْنُ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِبَعْضِ جَسَدِي فَقَالَ اعْبُدِ اللهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ وَكُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ  

ahmad:4764Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Layth > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿUmar

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of some part of my body and said: ‘O ‘Abdullah, be in this world like a stranger, or one who is passing through, and consider yourself as one of the people of the graves.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4114)   

أحمد:٤٧٦٤حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِبَعْضِ جَسَدِي فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ وَاعْدُدْ نَفْسَكَ فِي الْمَوْتَى  

ahmad:5002Abū Muʿāwiyah > Layth > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿUmar

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of some part of my body and said: ‘O ‘Abdullah, be in this world like a stranger, or one who is passing through, and consider yourself as one of the people of the graves.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4114)   

أحمد:٥٠٠٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِثَوْبِي أَوْ بِبَعْضِ جَسَدِي وَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ كُنْ كَأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ وَعُدَّنَفْسَكَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقُبُورِ  

ahmad-zuhd:43ʿAbdullāh from my father > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Layth > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿUmar

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of some part of my body and said: ‘O ‘Abdullah, be in this world like a stranger, or one who is passing through, and consider yourself as one of the people of the graves.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4114)  

الزهد لأحمد:٤٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِثَوْبِي أَوْ بِبَعْضِ جَسَدِي فَقَالَ «يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَكَ غَرِيبٌ أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ وَعُدَّ نَفْسَكَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقُبُورِ»