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"ما الدُّنْيَا في الآخِرَةِ إلا كَمَا يَمْشِي أحَدُكْم إِلَى الْيَمَّ فأَدْخَلَ إِصْبَعَهُ فِيه، فَمَا خَرَجَ مِنْهُ فَهُوَ الدُّنْيَا".  

[ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عن المستورد

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tabarani:17915 – al-Ḥasan b. al-ʿAbbās al-Rāzī > Muḥammad b. Muslim b. Wārah > Muḥammad b. Saʿīd b. Sābiq > ʿAmr b. Abū Qays > Ibrāhīm b. al-Muhājir > Qays b. Abū Ḥāzim > al-Mustawrid b. Shaddād

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The worldly life compared to the Hereafter is only like one of you dipping his finger in the sea."  

الطبراني:١٧٩١٥ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ وَارَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سَابِقٍ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي قَيْسٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنِ الْمُسْتَوْرِدِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا الدُّنْيَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا كَمَا يَمْشِي أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الْيَمِّ فَيَدْخُلُ إِصْبَعَهُ»