‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned what the people achieved of worldly pleasures when Allah granted them victory in their conquests, and what they accumulated of spoils. So he said that he had seen the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) twisting from hunger without finding anything with which to fill his stomach, not even bad dates.

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• The dead person is followed by three: His family, his wealth and his deeds. Then two of them come back: His family and his wealth, and there remain only his deeds
• Do not crave for property lest you should become consumed with desire for worldly life
• Verily, among the things I fear the most for you after me is the splendor and adornment of this worldly life when they become plentifully available to you
• Verily, this world is cursed, and everything in it is cursed, except the remembrance of Allah an all what is relevant to it; a scholar and a seeker of knowledge