Al-Khiṣāl - Part 2: On Two-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 2: On Two-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: Two Characteristics of Which People Should be Most Fearful د الاسدي قال: حدثنا ٠ران قال: حدثنا أبو٠د بن أبي بكر الزهري قال: حدثنا علي بن أبي علي اللهبي عن ٠نكدر عن جابر بن عبدالله قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: إن أخوف٠تي الهوى وطول الا٠ا الهوى فانه يصد عن الحق، وأ٠ل فينسي الآخرة، وهذه الدنيا قدارتحلت ٠دبرة، وهذه الآخرة قدارتحلت ٠قبلة، ولكل واحدة ٠ا بنون، فان استطعت٠ن أبناء الآخرة ولا تكونوا ٠ن أبناء الدنيا فافعلوا، فانك٠غدا في دار حساب ولا ع٠2-62 Muhammad ibn Ahmad Al-Asady narrated that Muhammad ibn Abi Imran quoted Abu Mus’ab Ahmad ibn Abu Bakr al-Zahri, on the authority of Ali ibn Abi Ali al-Lahabi, on the authority of Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, on the authority of Jabir ibn Abdullah that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “What I am most afraid of for my nation is unattainable aspirations andunreachable hopes.

Aspirations would hinder one from the truth and unreachable hopes would make one forget the Hereafter. The life in this world is to be ended while the life in the Hereafter is ahead of you. Each life has its own children. Try to be of the children of the Hereafter if you can. Try not to be of the children of this world. Today you are alive, can do things and there is no Reckoning. However, tomorrow you will die and will be in the World of Reckoning where you cannot do anything.”