الدُّنْيَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَجَنَّةُ الْكَافِرِ
Transliteration
Ad-dunya sijnu-l-mu'mini wa jannatu-l-kafir.
Translation
The world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever.
Narrated by Abu Hurayrah·Sahih Muslim 2956
Hadith for · perspective
Dunya is a prison for the believer
Monday, August 18, 2003
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