Explanation of the words of Imam al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding what he quoted: "

The reciter: The author (may Allah have mercy on him) quoted: “From Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Race to do works against seven. Are you waiting but for overwhelming poverty, or distracting richness, or debilitating illness, or babbling senility, or sudden death, or the Dajjal, so that hidden evil is what is awaited, or the Hour? The Hour is more calamitous and more bitter.

بادروا بالأعمال سبعًا، هل تنتظرون إلا فقرًا مُنسيًا، أو غنى مُطغيًا، أو مرضًا مُفسدًا، أو هرمًا مفنِّدا، أو موتًا مُجهزًا، أو الدجال فشر غائب ينتظر، أو الساعة فالساعة أدهى وأمر ؟

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2306

, al-Tirmidhi narrated it and said: It is a good hadith”.

The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
This hadith was mentioned by the author, al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him), in *Riyad al-Salihin*, in the chapter: “The Chapter on Remembering Death and Shortening Hope”: From Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: : This means, work before these seven things that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) mentioned overtake you, so hasten to do them. Then he mentioned these seven: that they are either a wealth that makes one arrogant: meaning that Allah enriches a person and opens up the worldly life for him, so he becomes arrogant with it, and thinks that he has become self-sufficient from his Lord (Mighty and Majestic), so he does not fulfill what Allah has made obligatory upon him, nor does he refrain from what Allah has forbidden him from. Allah the Exalted said: .
For when he is poor, he needs food, drink, clothing, shelter, and a wife, but he finds none of these, so the earth becomes narrow for him despite its vastness. He goes seeking to obtain some of these, and in doing so, he forgets the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and is unable to perform worship in its proper manner. Many acts of worship that require or necessitate wealth are missed by him, such as zakah, voluntary charity, freeing slaves, Hajj, spending in the cause of Allah, and the like.
Likewise, or an illness that corrupts: an illness that corrupts a person’s life. For as long as a person is in good health, he is energetic and his chest is open, and the world is open before him. But when he falls ill, his body weakens, his spirit weakens and becomes constrained, and the person is constantly in worry and grief, which corrupts his life.
Likewise, old age that weakens, : meaning an old age that weakens a person’s strength and crushes it, as Allah the Exalted said: : So as long as a person is energetic and young, he performs worship with energy, performs wudu with energy, prays with energy, and goes to knowledge with energy. But when he grows old, it is as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said regarding Zakariyya: , the bone weakens, and the bone is the framework upon which the body is built, so it weakens and the strength weakens, and he is unable to do what he used to do in his youth, as the poet said:
“Oh, if only youth would return for a day, *** So I could tell it what old age has done”.
: This is also among the things to be awaited: death. When a person dies, his deeds are cut off and he is unable to work. “Mujhaz” means swiftly. How many people have died without expecting that they would die? How many people have died in their youth and health due to accidents: a fire, a car overturning, a wall falling on them, a heart attack, and many other things. A person dies even if he is young. Hasten, for you do not know; perhaps you will die. Perhaps you will die while you are speaking to your family. You die on your bed. You die while you are at your lunch. You go out and say to your family: “Prepare the lunch, get it ready,” and then you do not return to eat from it. So hasten. And among these is also the Hour or the Dajjal, who is the worst of absent things to be awaited.