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SERMON 203

What Amir al-mu'minin said
generally to his companions warning them about the dangers
of the Day of Judgement.

May Allah have mercy
on you! Provide yourselves for the journey because the call for
departure has been announced. Regard your stay in the world as
very short, and return (to Allah) with the best provision that is
with you, because surely, in front of you lies a valley, difficult
to climb, and places of stay full of fear and dangers. You have to
reach there and stay in them. And know that the eyes of death are
approaching towards you. It is as though you are (already) in its
talons and it has struck itself against you. Difficult affairs and
distressing dangers have crushed you into it. You should therefore
cut away all the attachments of this world and assist yourselves
with the provision of Allah's fear.

as-Sayyid ar-Radi
says: A part of this saying has been quoted before through another
narration.