hadith
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God's Prophet (a.s) said: “A believing servant is positioned between two fears: one is from the time that has passed by, and he does not know what God has done to him; and the time he has left and does not know what God will decree. Any servant of God must use himself and the life of this world to save something for the Hereafter. I swear by the One who controls my life that there is no asking, petitioning or soliciting favor of God after death, and there is no home after this world except for Heaven and Hell.”
وقال (صلى الله عليه وآله): العبد المؤمن بين مخافتين: بين أجل قد مضى لا يدري ما الله صانع فيه، وبين أجل قد بقي لا يدري ما الله قاض فيه، فليتزود العبد من نفسه لنفسه ومن دنياه لآخرته، فوالذي نفسي بيده، ما بعد الموت من مستعتب ولابعد الدنيا من دار إلا الجنة أو النار.
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