110curated hadith rotate here, mostly from Imam Nawawi's Forty Hadith, each from Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, or the Sunan collections with its reference cited.

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Be in this world as a stranger

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ

Transliteration

Kun fi-d-dunya ka-annaka gharibun aw 'abiru sabil.

Translation

Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a traveler passing through.

Narrated by Ibn Umar·Sahih al-Bukhari 6416·Nawawi's Forty · #40

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