To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq)
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The warning regarding worldly pleasures, amusements and competing against each other
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Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet (ﷺ) drew a few lines and said, "This is (man's) hope, and this is the instant of his death, and while he is in this state (of hope), the nearer line (death) comes to Him."
ARABIC
هَذَا الأَمَلُ وَهَذَا أَجَلُهُ، فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ جَاءَهُ الْخَطُّ الأَقْرَبُ