Riyad as-Salihin, 458
Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The world is sweet and green (alluring); and verily, Allah is making you to succeed each other, generations after generations in it in order to see how you act. So beware of this world and beware of women". <b>[Muslim]</b>.
وعنه أن رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، قال:
إن الدنيا حلوة خضرة وإن الله تعالى مستخلفكم فيها، فينظر كيف تعملون، فاتقوا الدنيا واتقوا النساء
((رواه مسلم)).
References1 variant
- In-Book Reference
- Introduction, Hadith 458
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br>
1) People can enjoy the permissible worldly pleasures, for life is sweet and green.<br>
2) A person’s duty in this life is to worship Allah and establish servitude to Him: {I have not created jinn and men except to worship Me.}