The Meaning of the Hadith: "Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a passerby"
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner asks: What is the meaning of the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih al-Bukhari 6416?
Answer:
Yes. A stranger is one who stays in a town because it is not his home; he stays there only as long as he needs to, then he returns to his own town. That is the stranger. Yes. And a passerby is the known traveler; he is a traveler who stops in a town merely to rest, get his needs, and then move on. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner asks: What is the meaning of the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him):
Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveler.
كن في الدنيا كأنك غريب أو عابر سبيلAnswer:
Yes. A stranger is one who stays in a town because it is not his home; he stays there only as long as he needs to, then he returns to his own town. That is the stranger. Yes. And a passerby is the known traveler; he is a traveler who stops in a town merely to rest, get his needs, and then move on. Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 11-07-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:03:11)
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