Hadith on Dunya: Time remaining for the world is short

Ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Allah Almighty made the world for a short time, and what remains is but the shortest of it. The parable of what remains is like the pure mountaintop water already drank while what is leftover is its murkiness.”

Source: al-Mustadrak ‘alá al-Ṣaḥīḥayn 7904

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani

عَنْ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى جَعَلَ الدُّنْيَا كُلَّهَا قَلِيلًا وَمَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا إِلَّا الْقَلِيلُ مِنَ الْقَلِيلِ وَمَثَلُ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا كَالثَّغْبِ شُرِبَ صَفْوُهُ وَبَقِيَ كَدَرُهُ

7904 المستدرك على الصحيحين للحاكم كتاب الرقاق

1737 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث صحيح في صحيح الجامع

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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