The Last Drops of this World

Khâlid b. ‘Umayr Al-’Adawî reports, ‘Utbah b. Ghazwân – Allâh be pleased with him – once gave us a sermon. He praised Allâh, then said:

The life of this world has announced its departure and is quickly turning away, and nothing remains of it save the likes of the last drop of water in a vessel as its possessor tries to catch it. You are moving on to an abode that has no end, so move on with the best [deeds] that you have. For it has been said to us that a rock can be dropped from the edge of Hell and fall for seventy years without reaching the bottom. Yet, by Allâh, it will be filled. Do you not then wonder? And it has been said to us that a single entrance to Paradise is as wide as a journey of forty years, yet there will come a day when it will be crowded.

I have seen myself as the seventh of seven [followers of] Allâh’s Messenger – Allâh’s peace and blessings be upon him; we had no food save the leaves of trees which put sores round our mouths. I once got a cloak which I tore in half to share with Sa’d b. Mâlik: I used half as my waist-wrap and he used the other. And yet today, there is not one of us except he has become a governor over some city – and I seek refuge with Allâh that I consider myself great and important when I am small in front of Allâh. Verily there was never prophet-hood except that it gradually changed until it ended up being a kingship, and verily you will see what the governors after us are like.

Sahîh Muslim no. 7624

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February 23, 2010 - الثلاثاء 10 ربيع الأول 1431

Topics: Good deeds, Paradise, The Fire, dunyâ, the hereafter

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2 Responses to “The Last Drops of this World”

  1. Sabrina Umm Taqwa on February 24, 2010 - الأربعاء 11 ربيع الأول 1431 17:28

    subhanallah some really amzing info here jazakallahukayr

  2. Sajid al-Hindi on February 24, 2010 - الأربعاء 11 ربيع الأول 1431 15:07

    JazaakAllaah khayr akhee.

    Can u plz. give the explanation from anyone of the Ulema' regarding the last sentence of this athaar?

    "Verily there was never prophet-hood except that it gradually changed until it ended up being a kingship, and verily you will see what the governors after us are like."