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    A Recommendation to Ibn `Umar

    Hadith Two

    His Recommendation ﷺ to Ibn `Umar, Allah Be Pleased With Both of Them

    Al-Tirmidhi narrated from Ibn `Umar - Allah be
    well-pleased with both of them! - that he said:
    "Allah's Messenger ﷺ held my shoulders and
    said: `Be in the world as if you were either a
    stranger or a traveller, and count yourself as one of
    those who lie in their graves.'"

    Al-Nasa'i's and Ahmad's narrations have the following
    addition at the beginning of the hadith: "Worship
    Allah as if you see Him." This recommendation
    contains the exposition of the stages of spiritual
    travel and wayfaring toward the station of the Supreme
    Sovereign King. These three stages include all the
    abodes of travelers and the stations of those who have
    arrived. We have made an extensive and valuable study
    of this narration, which we shall cite further down,
    if Allah wills.

     

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