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Assalaamu 'alaykum!
Ibn ‘Umar reported that the Messenger of Allaah took hold of his hand and said:
[The Journey Of The Strangers, Pp. 40-41]
As one of the Salaf said, “If the kings knew the pleasure (of the soul) we feel, then they would fight us with it with their swords.“
Source: http://theauthenticbase.wordpress.c...ess-one-sitting-in-the-shade-of-joy-pleasure/
“Ibn ‘Umar, be in this world like a stranger or somebody passing on his way; and count yourself amongst the inhabitants of the grave.“
Concerning this, Aboo Bakr ‘Abdullaah Ibn Humayd quoted the following lines pf poetry:
O heedless one sitting in the
shade of joy and pleasure!
Travel through this world
as a stranger!
Ever count your soul amongst
those already deceased.
Shun this world and cling not
to this Abode of Deceit.
shade of joy and pleasure!
Travel through this world
as a stranger!
Ever count your soul amongst
those already deceased.
Shun this world and cling not
to this Abode of Deceit.
[The Journey Of The Strangers, Pp. 40-41]
As one of the Salaf said, “If the kings knew the pleasure (of the soul) we feel, then they would fight us with it with their swords.“
Source: http://theauthenticbase.wordpress.c...ess-one-sitting-in-the-shade-of-joy-pleasure/