from his father that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Do you know what the parable of this and this is?" - and he tossed two pebbles. They said: "Allah and His Messenger ﷺ know better." He said: "This (the farther) one is hope, and this (closer) one is death."
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا هَذِهِ وَمَا هَذِهِ وَرَمَى بِحَصَاتَيْنِ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ هَذَاكَ الأَمَلُ وَهَذَاكَ الأَجَلُ