Hazrat Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) said that three scholars gathered together and they asked each other, "How much hope do you have?" One replied, "I think I will live for one month and then die." They said, "This is a great hope." Then they asked the second, "How much hope do you have?" He replied, "I think I will live until one Friday and then die." They asked the third, "What is your hope?" He replied, "What hope can a person have whose very soul is in someone else's possession?"

Hazrat Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the example of the son of Adam is like that person whose time of death has drawn near, so his family, his wealth, and his deeds come to him. He says to his family, "Keep this death away from me," but they reply, "We can prevent you from worldly matters, but we cannot stop this death." Then he says to his wealth, "Keep this away from me," but it replies, "I was only an adornment for you in this world, but I cannot keep this matter away from you." Then his deeds reassure him, saying, "I am your companion who will enter the grave with you, and wherever you go, I will be with you." So that person says, "If only I had accepted earlier that you are more effective for me than all of them." The narrator says that Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "From now on, give it preference over the others."

Hazrat Kardus Thalabi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that it is written in the Torah: Fear Allah, you will be saved. For salvation is only in piety. Show mercy, mercy will be shown to you. Repent, your repentance will be accepted.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abi Nazrah (may Allah have mercy on him) that I entered upon a man, and he saw his slave above him like a star. So he asked, "O Allah, this was my slave in the world; who has raised him to this rank?" Allah replied, "His deeds were better than yours."

Hazrat Abu Husain (may Allah have mercy on him) says that if you were to see what I have seen, your liver would burn to ashes. Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If the night becomes long for me until I reach the morning, then I will see that thing.

38475 - And Ibrahim said: The night would become so long for me until morning (and I think so) (1).

Hazrat Abu Musa Taimi, may Allah have mercy on him, says that when "Nawar," the wife of Farazdaq, passed away, many people from Basra attended her funeral. Among them was Hasan, may Allah have mercy on him. Hasan, may Allah have mercy on him, asked Farazdaq, "O Abu Firas, what have you prepared for this day?" He replied, "For eighty years I have borne witness that there is no deity except Allah." The narrator says that when his wife was buried in the grave, Farazdaq stood by her grave and recited these verses:

1. If I am not dealt with mercifully, then after the grave, I fear a fire and a constriction even greater than the grave.
2. That on the Day of Resurrection, a severe driver and a leader will be driving Farazdaq forward.
3. The person from the descendants of Darim is ruined, who was blinded, made to wear a collar, and taken towards Hell.