In Hadith No. 40 in Jami al-Ulum wal Hikam, Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "The Messenger of Allah, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, took me [tapped] by my shoulder and said: 'Be in this life as if you were a stranger or a traveller on a path."
For this reason, Ibn Umar used to say, "If you reach the evening then do not expect to reach the morning, and if you reach the morning then do not expect to reach the evening. Take from your health before your sickness, and from your life before your death." [Sahih Bukhari].
This Hadith is the foundation for limiting one's hope in this life. We must not take this life as a homeland or permanent residence... rather, we should be in it like travellers, on a journey preparing ourselves for departure at any moment.
It's easy to read such beautiful ahadis; but it's difficult to live them.
One alim from DU Deoband told me about Mufti Muzaffar Husain rh.a who was the Naazime aala in Mazahir ul uloom, Saharanpur. He spent his whole life as a traveller in this world. He even didn't purchase his own house. Why?
Because he would say that anyday the angel of death could come, so what was the use of buying a home to live in. He spent his each day waiting for death and he'd died at the age of 95 years (more or less 10 years ago).
This cannot be undone and I am sure it will be greatly appreciated.
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