إنّ أُسامة لطويل الأمل، والّذي نفسي بيده ما طرفت عيناي إلا ظننت أنّ شفري لا يلتقيان حتّى يقبض الله روحي، ولا رفعت طرفي وظننتُ أنّي خافضه حتّى أُقبَض، ولا لقمتُ لقمةً إلا ظننتُ أنّي لا أُسيغها لحصرتها مِن الموت. ثمّ قال: يا بَني آدم، إنْ كنتم تعقلون فعدّوا أنفسكم مِن الموتى، والّذي نفسي بيده ]إنَّ ما تُوُعَدُونَ لَآتٍ وَما أنْتُمْ بِمُعْجِزينَ.[ It has been narrated that Osama ibn Zayd bought a maid for one hundred Dinars to be paid off in one month.
When the Rasool-Allah -saww heard this, he -saww was amazed and said: “Are you not surprised that Osamat has made a one month deal? He has high aspirations. I -saww swear by the One who possesses control over my -saww life that I -saww never open my -saww eyes without thinking that I -saww will die before I -saww can close them again. I -saww never look up without thinking that I -saww will die before I -saww can lower my -saww eyes to look down.
Whenever I -saww pick up a bite to eat, I -saww never think that I -saww can manage to eat it since I -saww might die.” He -saww then added: “O’ Children of Adam! Prepare yourselves for death if you are wise. I -saww swear by the Lord who possesses the control over my -saww life: “ Surely what you are Threatened with would come, and you would not be escaping (it) [6:134].
[1] أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ نُبِّئْتُ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع أَنَّهُ كَرِهَ بَيْعَيْنِ اطْرَحْ وَ خُذْ عَلَى غَيْرِ تَقْلِيبٍ وَ شِرَاءَ مَا لَمْ يُرَ Ahmad ibn Muhammad from has narrated from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Hammad from Muhammad ibn Sinan who has said: ‘Abu Ja’far -asws has said: ‘I dislike two kinds of transactions: To say: ‘Drop the merchandise and receive payment’, and buying something without seeing it’.
[2] عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ قَالَ نُبِّئْتُ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع أَنَّهُ كَرِهَ بَيْعَيْنِ اطْرَحْ وَ خُذْ عَلَى غَيْرِ تَقْلِيبٍ وَ شِرَاءَ مَا لَمْ يُرَ A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ibn Sinan from Yunus ibn Ya’qub from ‘Abd Al-Alla ibn ‘A’yan who has said: ‘I was told about Abu Ja’far -asws that he disliked two kinds of transactions: ‘Drop the merchandise without turning its other side (without processing/refining it) and receive payment’, and ‘buying merchandise without seeing’.