Hadith 70

(The book) ‘Kitab Al Gharaat’ of Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Al Saqafy, from Abdul Rahman Bin Nueym, from elders from his people, ‘Ali-asws has said many times in his-asws sermon: ‘O you people! The world has turned around and has proclaimed to its inhabitants with farewell, and the Hereafter has come forward and has proclaimed with the emergence. Indeed, and the course (race track) is today and the racing is (for) tomorrow. Indeed, and the race is to the Paradise, and the peak (of failure) is the Fire. Indeed, and you are in the days of opportunity from behind it is death urging it hastily. The one who works in the days of his opportunity before presence of his death, his work will benefit him and his hopes will not harm him. Indeed, and the hopes make the heart inattentive, and belies the Promise, and increases the heedlessness, and inherits the regret. Stay away from the world as strongly as you tend to turn away from a thing, for its companion suffers from it in a covering fatigue, and rush to establish your religion by establishing the Salat at its (Prescribed) timings, and pay the Zakat to its rightful ones, and beseech to Allah-azwj and be fearful to Him-azwj. And connect the kinship, and fear the Hereafter, and give to the beggar, and honour the guest, and learn the Quran, and act with it, and be truthful of the narrating, and prefer it, and be loyal with the agreement when you make an agreement, and pay back the entrustment when you are entrusted, and be desirous regarding Rewards of Allah-azwj, and fear His-azwj Punishment. I-asws have not seen like the Paradise, its seeker sleeping (from it), nor like the Fire, its fleer sleeping (from it), therefore provide from the world what you can be protecting yourselves with tomorrow from the Fire, and work with the good, you will be Recompensed with the good on a Day the good people will be succeeding due to the good deeds’’. [69]