عن عبد الله بنِ عمرَ رضي الله عنهما قال: أخَذَ رَسولُ اللهِ ﷺ بمَنْكِبِي، فَقالَ: «كُنْ في الدُّنْيا كَأنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ، أوْ عابِرُ سَبِيلٍ»، وكانَ ابنُ عُمَرَ يقولُ: «إذا أمْسَيْتَ فلا تَنْتَظِرِ الصَّباحَ، وإذا أصْبَحْتَ فلا تَنْتَظِرِ المَساءَ، وخُذْ مِن صِحَّتِكَ لِمَرَضِكَ، ومِنْ حَياتِكَ لِمَوْتِكَ».
‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar narrated:
1. God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) held me by the shoulder and said: ‘Be in this world as though you are a stranger
2. or a wayfarer’.
3. Ibn ꜤUmar used to say: ‘At evening do not expect [to live till] morning, and at morning do not expect [to live till] evening.
4. Take from your health for your illness 5. and from your life for your death’.
Abu ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ibn Nufayl belonged to the ‘Adiy branch of the Quraysh. He embraced Islam when he was young. At the time of the Battle of Uḥud, he was too young to fight. His first military effort was the Encounter of the Moat, i.e. al-Khandaq. He also participated in the pledge under the tree. He narrated much useful information and numerous hadiths from the Prophet, and issued many fatwas. He died in Year 74 AH 694 CE.
