Riyad as-Salihin 576

Translation

Ibn Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (PBUH) drew up a square and in the middle of it he drew a line, the end of which jutted out beyond the square. Further across the middle line, he drew a number of smaller lines. Then he (PBUH) said, "The figure represents man and the encircling square is the death which is encompassing him. The middle line represents his desires and the smaller lines are vicissitudes of life. If one of those misses him, another distresses him, and if that one misses him, he falls victim to another." [Al-Bukhari].

Notes

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Shahih al-Bukhari 6417خَطَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ خَطًّا مُرَبَّعًا وَخَطَّ خَطًّا فِي الْوَسَطِ خَارِجًا مِنْهُ وَخَطَّ خُطُطًا صِغَارًا إِلَى هَذَا الَّذِي فِي الْوَسَطِ مِنْ جَانِبِهِ الَّذِي فِي الْوَسَطِ وَقَالَ هَذَا الإِنْسَانُ وَهَذَا أَجَلُهُ مُحِيطٌ بِهِ أَوْ ق
• As-Sunan al-Kubra an-Nasa'i 11764«خَطَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ خَطًّا مُرَبَّعًا وَخَطَّ خَطًّا فِي الْوَسَطِ خَارِجًا مِنْهُ وَخَطَّ خُطُطًا صِغَارًا إِلَى هَذَا الَّذِي فِي الْوَسَطِ مِنْ جَانِبِهِ الَّذِي فِي الْوَسَطِ» وَقَالَ هَذَا الْإِنْسَانُ وَهَذَا أَجْلُهُ مُحِيطٌ بِهِ أَو

Narrators

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   ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

   One of the earliest and foremost (al-sābiqūn al-awwalūn), and one of the leading scholars among the Companions; his virtues are manyd. 28 AH, or 32 AH, 33 AH
   ابن مسعود رضي الله عنهمن السابقين الأولين ، ومن كبار العلماء من الصحابة ، مناقبه جمة

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