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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Miscellaneous by Al-Albani-297

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The Shaykh : And in the vein of this hadith is the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas, which is after the hadith mentioned by the author; it is weak. As for the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas, it is authentic, and it is his statement: And from Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father), he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said to a man while admonishing him:
Seize five things before five others اغتنم خمسا قبل خمس
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34:92
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The Shaykh :
Your youth before your old age, your health before your illness, your wealth before your poverty, your free time before your busyness, and your life before your death شبابك قبل هرمك وصحتك قبل سقمك وغناك قبل فقرك وفراغك قبل شغلك وحياتك قبل موتك
Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 42:3
Al-Hakim narrated it and said: It is authentic according to the conditions of both of them.
In this hadith are very great pieces of advice. The last of them is the most relevant to our current situation, where he (peace be upon him) said:
And your life before your death وحياتك قبل موتك
When death comes, deeds are cut off, as he (may Allah's prayers and blessings be upon him) said in the authentic hadith:
When a man dies إذا مات ابن آدم
Riyad as-Salihin 1383
And in a narration:
When a man dies, his deeds come to an end, except for three: A continuous charity, knowledge by which people derive benefit, pious son who prays for him. الإنسان انقطع عمله إلا من ثلاث صدقة جارية أو علم ينتفع به أو ولد صالح يدعو له
Riyad as-Salihin 949
So the happy Muslim who takes a lesson from what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) admonished him with, and benefits from a reminder from the admonitions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), may be heedless of all of them, or most of them, or some of them. So listen to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) as he admonishes us with his saying:
Seize five things before five others: your youth before your old age اغتنم خمسا قبل خمس شبابك قبل هرمك
Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 42:3
We find, with great regret, that the majority of young people today do not act on this advice; rather, they reverse it and turn it upside down. They hope to live a long life and to make up in their middle age, or even in their old age, for the obedience and the performance of obligatory duties that they missed during their youth. It has become a common occurrence for one of us to hear a person say to another: "Yeah... you still have time, my brother" especially if he grows the beard that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has made obligatory for every Muslim. They rush to discourage him and divert him from rushing to obey Allah in such a matter. This is an obvious matter, but there are other things. We know of many fathers who find some of their sons rushing to prayer and to the mosques, even though they have not yet reached the age of religious accountability. "Yeah... where are you going? The world is cold, the world is raining" So they discourage him, and with very terrible discouragement. If not for the strength of this young man's faith, he would have responded to his father's discouragement. ... A small child, this is what they do today. As for those who responded to the admonition of the Messenger (peace be upon him) when he said:
Seize five things before five others: your youth before your old age... اغتنم خمسا قبل خمس شبابك قبل هرمك ...
Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 42:3
They were the exact opposite of what we are today.
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