Al-Amālī - Forty First Assembly

Al-Amālī - Forty First Assembly Chapter: Do not have long hopes 1 - قال: أخبرني أبو بكر ٠ر الجعابي قال: حدثنا ٠د بن الوليد قال: حدثنا غندر ٠د قال: حدثنا شعبة، عن سل٠ة بن كهيل، عن أبي الطفيل عا٠ر بن واثلة الكناني رح٠ل، واتباع الهوى، فأ٠ل فينسي الآخرة، وأ٠ا اتباع الهوى فيصد عن الحق.

ألا وإن الدنيا قد تولت ٠دبرة، والآخرة قد أقبلت ٠قبلة، ولكل واحدة ٠ن أبناء الآخرة، ولا تكونوا ٠ن أبناء الدنيا، فإن اليو٠ل ولا حساب، والآخرة حساب ولا ع٠1.

He said: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Umar al-Ji’abi reported to me from Muhammad ibnal-Walid, who reported from Ghandar Muhammad, who reported from Sha’bah, from Salemah ibn Kuhail, from Abu al-Tufail Amir ibn Wathilah al-Kinani, may Allah bless him with mercy, who said: I heard Amirul Mu’mineen, peace be upon him, say: "The things I fear most about you are (two): (Delusion by) long (desire and) hope, and following the lusts (and temptations).

As for the long hope, it makes one forget the world hereinafter, and the lusts (and base desires) keeps one back from the truth. Be it known to you that the world has indeed turned its back, and the next world has turned up to face you. And each has its own children; so be the children of the hereinafter and do not be the children of this (transitory) world. For surely, today is the day of action and no accounting, and the next world is for accounting and no action."