Attending to this world

Jabir reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, on the minbar. He looked towards the Yemen and said, "O Allah,bring their hearts," and he looked towards Iraq and said something similar.He looked towards every horizon and said the like of that. He said, 'OAllah, provide for us out of the legacy of the earth and bless us in ourmudd and our sa'."

'A'isha said, "I was on a camel that was somewhat intractable andI began to beat it. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,said, 'You must be compassionate. Whenever there is compassion in something,it adorns it, and whenever it is removed from something it disgraces it."

Abu Nadra said, "One of our men called Jabir or Jubayr said, 'Iwent to 'Umar while he was Khalif to ask for something which I needed.I reached Madina during the night and went straight to him. I am someonewith intelligence and a ready tongue - or he said speech (meaning eloquence).I had looked at this world and thought little of it. I had abandoned itas not being worth anything. At 'Umar's side there was a man with whitehair and white clothes. When I had finished speaking, he said, "All thatyou have said is correct except for your attack on this world. Do you knowwhat this world is? This world is that in which we reach (or he said, 'whereour provision is') the Next World. It contains our actions for which wewill be rewarded in the Next World." He said, "A man who knows this worldbetter than I do worked in it." I asked, "Amir al-Mu'minin, who is thisman at our side?" He replied, 'The master of the Muslims, Ubayy ibn Ka'b.'"

The Messager of Allah, peace be upon him, said "Pompousness is evil."

Hanash ibn al-Harith reported that his father said, "One of ourmen had a mare which became pregnant which he then slaughtered, saying,'Will I live long enough to ride this horse?' Then we received 'Umar'sletter telling us to attend to the provision that Allah has given us inorder to make it thrive since there is still time in the business."

Anas ibn Malik reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, said, "If the Final Hour comes while you have a shoot of a plantin your hands and it is possible to plant it before the Hour comes, youshould plant it."

Dawud ibn Abi Dawud said, "'Abdullah ibn Salam said to me, 'If youhear that the Dajjal has come out while you are planting young palm trees,it is not too late to plant it, for people will still have livelihoodafter that."

the supplication of the person who is wronged, the supplication of thetraveller, and the supplication of a parent for his child.

Jabir reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, on the minbar. He looked towards the Yemen and said, "O Allah,bring their hearts," and he looked towards Iraq and said something similar.He looked towards every horizon and said the like of that. He said, 'OAllah, provide for us out of the legacy of the earth and bless us in ourmudd and our sa'."