The Book of Wills
Sunan an-Nasā'ī 3613
{أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ * حَتَّى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ} قَالَ يَقُولُ ابْنُ آدَمَ مَالِي مَالِي وَإِنَّمَا مَالُكَ مَا أَكَلْتَ فَأَفْنَيْتَ أَوْ لَبِسْتَ فَأَبْلَيْتَ أَوْ تَصَدَّقْتَ فَأَمْضَيْتَ
alhākumu at-takāthuru * ḥattā zurtumu al-maqābira qāla yaqūlu ābnu ādama mālī mālī wa-innamā māluka mā akalta fa-afnayta aw labista fa-ablayta aw taṣaddaqta fa-amḍayta
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
It was narrated from Mutarrif, from his father, that the Prophet said:"The mutual rivalry (for piling up of worldly things) diverts you, 'Until you visit the graves (i.e. till you die).' The son of Adam says: 'My wealth, my wealth,' but your wealth is what you eat and consume, or what you wear and it wears out, or what you give in charity and send on ahead (for the Hereafter)
Source
Sunan an-Nasā'ī · 3613
- Sahih
- Sahih
- Sahih Muslim