Home / Collections / Sunan Ibn Majah / Zuhd
Sunan Ibn Majah

Zuhd

كتاب الزهد

Read the English translation first, with the original Arabic directly underneath.

SELECTED CHAPTER

Wisdom

Page 1
Hadith 3
Read full hadith
ENGLISH

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said:

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took hold of some part of my body and said: ‘O ‘Abdullah, be in this world like a stranger, or one who is passing through, and consider yourself as one of the people of the graves.’”

ARABIC

‏ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ أَوْ كَأَنَّكَ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ وَعُدَّ نَفْسَكَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقُبُورِ ‏