426 – ʿUmar ibn Saʿīd ibn Sulaymān al-Qurashī narrated to us; he said: Saʿīd ibn Bashīr narrated to us, on the authority of Qatādah, who said: Abu al-Dardāʾ said:

“O child of Adam, walk the earth with your feet, for before long it will be your grave. O child of Adam, you are but a handful of days; whenever one day passes, part of you has slipped away. O child of Adam, from the very day your mother gave birth to you, you have been steadily dismantling your own lifespan.”