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Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 33:595

Book of Asceticism (Zuhd)

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Hadith 33:595

Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us, from Hammad ibn Salamah, from Thabit al-Bunani, from Anas, who said: We were with Abu Musa on a journey of his, and he heard the people talking, and he heard eloquence and fluency. He said: "O Anas, come, let us remember Allah for an hour, for these people are such that one of them is almost able to tan a hide with his tongue." Then he said: "O Anas, what has held the people back from the Hereafter, what has held them back from it?" I said: "The world and the desires." He said: "No, but the Hereafter has been hidden, and the world has been hastened. If they had witnessed [the Hereafter], they would not have equated the two, nor would they have inclined [toward the world]."

حدثنا يزيد بن هارون عن حماد بن سلمة عن ثابت البناني عن أنس قال كنا مع أبي موسى في مسير له فسمع الناس يتكلمون فسمع فصاحة وبلاغة قال فقال يا أنس هلم فلنذكر الله ساعة فان هؤلاء يكاد أحدهم أن يغري الأديم بلسانه ثم قال يا أنس ما ثبط الناس عن الآخرة ما ثبطهم عنها قال قلت الدنيا والشهوات قال لا ولكن غيبت الآخرة وعجلت الدنيا ولو عاينوا ما عدلوا بينهما ولا ميلوا