Hadith 40: Live In This World Like A Traveller, Do Not Wait To Do Good Deeds & Take Advantage While We Are Healthy And Alive

عَنْ ابْن عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم بِمَنْكِبِي، وَقَالَ: "كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّك غَرِيبٌ أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ". وَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا يَقُولُ: إذَا أَمْسَيْتَ فَلَا تَنْتَظِرْ الصَّبَاحَ، وَإِذَا أَصْبَحْتَ فَلَا تَنْتَظِرْ الْمَسَاءَ، وَخُذْ مِنْ صِحَّتِك لِمَرَضِك، وَمِنْ حَيَاتِك لِمَوْتِك. 

[رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ]. 

On the authority of Abdullah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) took me by the shoulder and said, “ *¹Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a wayfarer.*” 

And Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say, “ *²In the evening do not expect [to live until] the morning, and in the morning do not expect [to live until] the evening*. 

*³Take [advantage of] your health before times of sickness, and [take advantage of] your life before your death.*” 

[Al-Bukhari]

https://sunnah.com/nawawi 40:40 

*¹ the traveller or wayfearer - he does not take this land as a residence or abode/home since he is traveller* 

*² a person should utilise the opportunity to do religious deeds so that he does not waste and neglect it without realising it. How many people live through the Evening and yet do not live to see the Morning, likewise how many people live through the Morning and yet do not live to the Evening* 

*³ Strive in your health before your illness as it is easier for a healthy person to do actions, on the contrary to a sickly person. Utilise your life so long as you are living because once a person dies, all his actions are cut off except 3, as mentioned in an authentic hadith from Rasulullah (ﷺ)*:

إِذَا مَاتَ الإِنْسَانُ انْقَطَعَ عَنْهُ عَمَلُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ ثَلاَثَةٍ إِلاَّ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ جَارِيَةٍ أَوْ عِلْمٍ يُنْتَفَعُ بِهِ أَوْ وَلَدٍ صَالِحٍ يَدْعُو لَهُ 

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

*When a man dies, his acts come to an end, but three, recurring charity, or knowledge (by which people) benefit, or a pious son, who prays for him (for the deceased)*.

Sahih Muslim 1631

https://sunnah.com/muslim:1631 

For syarah by Sheikh Ibn Al-''Uthaimeen in English, refer to this link -> https://darpdfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Exp.-of-Forty-Ahadeeth-Sh.-al-Uthaymeen.pdf