ABU BAKR’S ADVICE TO THE NEW CALIPH
Abder-Rahmaan Ibn ‘Abdellaah Ibn Saabit narrates: “When Abu Bakr As-Sideeq was about to breathe his last, he summoned ‘Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab, and said to him: ‘Umar! Be conscious of Allah. Bear in mind that some of the duties you owe to Allah are to be carried out during the daytime, and not at night, and some of them are to be carried out at night and not during the day; and that Allah does not accept a supererogatory act till the obligatory one is performed.
Only those who stick to the truth in this world and suffer tribulations in its cause will come out successful on the Day of Judgment. And it is worthy of those who stick to the truth to find their good deeds heavy on the scales (on the Day of Judgment). And only those will be condemned on the Day of Judgement who follow falsehood in this world and show indifference to its consequences. And it is humiliating for those who follow falsehood and show indifference to its consequences to find their scales of good deeds light (on the Day of Judgment).
Allah, Exalted be He, mentions (in the Qur’an) the good deeds in the world of the people of Paradise, and that He has forgiven them their evil deeds. So if it occurs that you mention the people of Paradise, then say, ‘I fear lest I would not be among them’. And Allah. Exalted be He, mentions the evil deeds of the people of Hell-Fire, and that He does not reject their good deeds. So if it occurs that you mention the people of Hell-Fire, then say, ‘I hope I will not be among them’.
A person should strike a balance between hope and fear; he should fear Allah and not lose hope in His Mercy. If you follow my advice, nothing unknown will be more beloved to you than death; but if you reject it, nothing unknown will be more displeased to you than death, and you are not able to escape it.”
(Source: Biographies of the Rightly Guided Caliphs.)
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