21/477 – Sahl ibn Saʿd al-Saʿidī (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah—blessings and peace be upon him—said: “If this world were worth, in Allah’s sight, no more than the wing of a mosquito, He would not have given a disbeliever even a single sip of water from it.” Related by al-Tirmidhī, who graded it ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ.

22/478 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah—blessings and peace be upon him—declare, “Indeed, this world is accursed, and everything in it is accursed except the remembrance of Allah Most High and whatever accords with it, and a scholar and a learner.” Related by al-Tirmidhī, who graded it ḥasan.

23/479 – ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah—blessings and peace be upon him—said: “Do not acquire landed estates, lest you become enamored of this world.” Related by al-Tirmidhī, who graded it ḥasan.

25/481 – Kaʿb ibn ʿIyāḍ (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah—blessings and peace be upon him—say: “Every nation has its ordeal, and the ordeal of my nation is wealth.” Related by al-Tirmidhī, who graded it ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ.

26/482 – Abū ʿAmr—some say Abū ʿAbd Allāh and others Abū Laylā—ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān (may Allah be pleased with him) related that the Prophet—blessings and peace be upon him—said: “The child of Adam has no right to anything beyond these necessities: a house to live in, a garment to cover his nakedness, coarse bread, and water.” Related by al-Tirmidhī, who said—