Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1604

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَنْكِبِي فَقَالَ: «كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ» . وَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ: إِذَا أَمْسَيْتَ فَلَا تَنْتَظِرِ الصَّبَاحَ وَإِذَا أَصْبَحْتَ فَلَا تَنْتَظِرِ الْمَسَاءَ وَخُذْ مِنْ صِحَّتِكَ لِمَرَضِكَ وَمِنْ حياتك لموتك. رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ

Translation

Abdullah ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, took me by the shoulder and said, "Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a passerby." Ibn Umar used to say, "When evening comes, do not expect to see the morning, and when morning comes, do not expect to see the evening. Take from your health for your illness, and from your life for your death." Al-Bukhari transmitted it.