Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1163

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

‘Amr ibn Mansur related to us: Mubarak related to us: al-Hasan related to us: Anas ibn Malik said: I visited the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, while he was on a bed woven with straps. Beneath his head was a leather pillow stuffed with palm fiber. There was no cloth between his skin and the bed. ‘Umar entered and wept. The Prophet said to him, ‘What makes you weep, ‘Umar?’ He said, ‘By Allah, Messenger of Allah, I am not weeping because I do not know that you are more honored before Allah than Chosroes and Caesar. They revel in the worldly life as they do, while you, Messenger of Allah, are in the condition I see.’ The Prophet said, ‘Are you not content, ‘Umar, that they have the worldly life and we have the Hereafter?’ I said, ‘Yes indeed, Messenger of Allah.’ He said, ‘That is how it is.’