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that we cover his head and place some idhkhir ⦗1⦘ over his feet. Among us were those whose fruit had ripened, and they would bring it forward as a gift.” Agreed upon.

al-namirah: a multi-coloured woollen cloak.
His word “ayniʿat” means “ripened and matured.”
The verb “yuhdīhā” may be read with a fatḥah on the yāʾ, while the dāl may be read with either ḍammah or kasrah; it means “to pick and gather.” The expression is a metaphor for the worldly prosperity Allah later opened up to them.

481 – Sahl ibn Saʿd al-Sāʿidī (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “If the world were worth to Allah even the wing of a mosquito, He would not give a disbeliever a single sip of water from it.” Reported by al-Tirmidhī, who graded it ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ (good and sound).

482 – Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “Be aware! The world is accursed ⦗2⦘, and accursed is everything in it—except the remembrance of Allah Most High, whatever accords with it, and a scholar and a student.” Reported by al-Tirmidhī, who said: a ḥasan hadith.

483 – ʿAbd Allah ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Do not take up landed estates ⦗3⦘ lest you become attached to worldly life.” Reported by al-Tirmidhī, who said: a ḥasan hadith.

⦗1⦘ Idhkhir: a sweet-smelling desert grass often used for burial shrouds and bedding.
⦗2⦘ “Accursed” here means distanced from divine mercy.
⦗3⦘ al-ḍayʿah: farmland or other agricultural property.

(1) al-idhkhar: a well-known, sweet-smelling plant. (2) That is, despicable and detested. The phrase “wa-ma walah” means whatever is adjacent to it in the sense of obedience that leads to Allah’s good-pleasure. Hence the hadith is not a blanket denunciation or curse upon the whole world; only those aspects that distance one from Allah and distract from Him are accursed, as the latter part of the report itself makes clear. The introductory particle “ala” (Behold) is absent from al-Tirmidhi’s wording; see Sahih Sunan al-Tirmidhi (abridged isnads), 2/271, no. 1897, where Shaykh Nasir graded it sahih. (3) al-diya (with dotted dad): landed property or real estate. Do not become absorbed in acquiring property lest you prefer the dunya and neglect the reform of your Hereafter, as the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: “…and so you come to desire the dunya.”

رسول الله ﷺ ، أَنْ نُغَطِّيَ رَأْسَهُ ، وَنَجْعَلَ عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْإِذْخِرِ (١) ، وَمِنَّا مَنْ أَيْنَعَتْ لَهُ ثَمَرَتُهُ ، فَهُوَ يَهْدِيهَا » متفق عليه . « النَّمِرَةُ » : كِسَاءٌ مُلَوَّنٌ مِنْ صُوفٍ . وقوله « أَيْنَعَتْ » أَيْ : نَضِجَتْ وَأَدْرَكَتْ . وقوله « يَهْدِيهَا » هو بفتح الياء وضم الدال وكسرها لغتان : أَيْ : يَقْطُفُهَا وَيَجْتَنِيهَا ، وهذه استعارة لما فتح الله تعالى عليهم من الدنيا وتمكنوا فيها . ٤٨١ - وعن سهل بن سعد الساعدي رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله ﷺ : « لَوْ كَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا تَعْدِلُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ جَنَاحَ بَعُوضَةٍ ، مَا سَقَى كَافِرًا مِنْهَا شَرْبَةَ مَاءٍ » رواه الترمذي وقال : حديث حسن صحيح . ٤٨٢ - وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال : سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول : « أَلَا إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا مَلْعُونَةٌ (٢) ، مَلْعُونٌ مَا فِيهَا ، إِلَّا ذِكْرَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ، وَمَا وَالَاهُ ، وَعَالِمًا وَمُتَعَلِّمًا » رواه الترمذي وقال : حديث حسن . ٤٨٣ - وعن عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله ﷺ : « لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الضَّيْعَةَ (٣) فَتَرْغَبُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا » رواه الترمذي وقال : حديث حسن . ٤٨٤ - وعن عبد الله بن عمرو بن العاص رضي الله عنهما قال : مَرَّ عَلَيْنَا

(١) الإذخر : نبت معروف طيب الرائحة . (٢) أي : مبغوضة ساقطة . ( وما والاه ) أي : قاربه من الطاعة الموصلة لمرضاة الله تعالى ، ولا يفهم من هذا الحديث سب الدنيا مطلقاً ولعنها ، بل الملعون منها ما يبعد عن الله تعالى ويشغل عنه ، كما يوحي إليه آخر الحديث . ولفظة « ألا » ليست في الترمذي ، انظر « صحيح سنن الترمذي - باختصار السند » ٢٧١/٢ برقم ١٨٩٧ وهناك قال عنه فضيلة الشيخ ناصر : صحيح . (٣) الضيعة بالضاد المعجمة : العقار . لا تتوغلوا في اتخاذ الضيعة فترغبوا عن صلاح الآخرة كما قال ﷺ : ( فترغبوا في الدنيا ) .