Son of Adam, you seek (the splendor of) this life just like he who cannot do without it, but seek the Hereafter just like he who does not need it. However, you have been sufficed with regards to this life even if you do not seek it, but you will only earn the Hereafter if you vigorously seek it. So contemplate your affairs.

—Yahya b. Mu’adh

(Read on pg 33, Abdul-Malik bin Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Qasim, Life is a Fading Shadow. Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:1999.)

(Read on pg 67, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali and Abu Bakr al-Ajurri, The Journey of the Strangers. Daar as-Sunnah Publishers. Birmingham: 2009.)