Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 4109

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ اضْطَجَعَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَلَى حَصِيرٍ فَأَثَّرَ فِي جِلْدِهِ فَقُلْتُ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ كُنْتَ آذَنْتَنَا فَفَرَشْنَا لَكَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا يَقِيكَ مِنْهُ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ مَا أَنَا وَالدُّنْيَا إِنَّمَا أَنَا وَالدُّنْيَا كَرَاكِبٍ اسْتَظَلَّ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ ثُمَّ رَاحَ وَتَرَكَهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Yahya ibn Hakim narrated to us; Abu Dawud narrated to us; al-Mas‘udi narrated to us; ‘Amr ibn Murrah informed me, from Ibrahim, from ‘Alqamah, from ‘Abdullah, who said: The Prophet (ﷺ) lay down on a reed mat, which left marks on his skin. I said: “May my father and mother be your ransom, Messenger of Allah! If you had allowed us, we would have spread something over it to protect you from it.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “What have I to do with this world? My relation to this world is like that of a rider who takes shade beneath a tree, then moves on and leaves it behind.”