It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever loves his world harms his Hereafter, and whoever loves his Hereafter harms his world. So prefer what will remain (the Hereafter) over what will perish (the world)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man said: O Messenger of Allah! What is your view about these illnesses that afflict us; what will we get in return for them? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They are an expiation for sins." Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! Even if they are slight? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Even the prick of a thorn or anything greater." (Hearing this,) Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) prayed for himself that fever would not leave him until death, on the condition that it would not keep him from Hajj, Umrah, jihad in the path of Allah, and the obligatory prayer in congregation. So after that, (because of the intensity of the fever) whenever anyone touched his body, he would feel its heat, until he passed away. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The deeds of every day are sealed (in the evening). So when the believer falls ill, the angels say: 'O our Lord! You have held back (through illness) such-and-such a servant of Yours.' The Most Generous Lord says: 'Record for him deeds like those he used to do (when healthy) and seal them, until he recovers or passes away.'" The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) that we were sitting with Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) when he asked for something to drink. Water mixed with honey was brought to him. When he brought it close to his mouth, he wept so much that he made his companions weep too. Then they all fell silent, but his weeping did not stop. He wept again so much that his companions thought they might not be able to ask him anything. Then he wiped his eyes, and the people said: O Caliph of the Messenger! What made you weep? He said: I was (once) with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and I saw that he (peace and blessings be upon him) was pushing something away from himself, although there was no one else with him (peace and blessings be upon him). I said: O Messenger of Allah! What are you pushing away from yourself? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This world was presented to me in a form, and I said to it: 'Get away from me.' Then it came back and said: 'If you have escaped from me, those who come after you will never escape from me.'" The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Qatadah bin al-Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When Allah Almighty loves a servant, He protects him from the world (and its pleasures) just as one of you protects his sick person from water." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was lying on a mat whose marks were visible on his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed side. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! If only you would take a softer bed than this. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What have I to do with the world, and what has the world to do with me! By the One in whose Hand is my soul! The likeness of me and the world is only that of a rider travelling on a summer day who stops for a short while under the shade of a tree to rest, then leaves it and moves on." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. And its supporting narration (shahid) is the hadith of Abdullah bin Mas'ud.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What connection do I have with the world? The likeness of me and the world is only that of a rider who took a midday rest (qaylulah) under the shade of a tree on a summer day, then went on from there and left it behind."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever seeks the reward that is with Allah, the sky becomes his shade and the earth his bed. He does not worry about any worldly matter; he does not grow crops yet he eats bread, he does not plant trees yet he eats fruit. All this is due to his reliance on Allah Almighty and his seeking of His pleasure. So Allah Almighty makes the seven heavens and the seven earths guarantors of his provision; they toil for his provision and bring it to him by lawful means, and he receives his provision in full with Allah without any reckoning, until death comes to him." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration through the Syrian narrators, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the time of his death drew near, he said: O company of Ash'aris! Let those of you who are present convey this to those who are absent: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The sweetness of the world is the bitterness of the Hereafter, and the bitterness of the world is the sweetness of the Hereafter." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Give this Ummah the glad tidings of eminence, exaltation, victory and dominance and authority in the land. And (remember that) whoever among them does a deed of the Hereafter for (the sake of gaining) the world will have no share in the Hereafter." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.