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Sahih Bukhari 4085 — Warning Against Competing for the World
“Uhud is a mountain that loves us and is loved by us.”
قَالَهُ عَبَّاسُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ عَنْ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.
Hadith About Competing for the World After the Martyrs of Uhud
Sahih Bukhari : 4085
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 4085
حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَرَجَ يَوْمًا فَصَلَّى عَلَى أَهْلِ أُحُدٍ صَلاَتَهُ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ " إِنِّي فَرَطٌ لَكُمْ، وَأَنَا شَهِيدٌ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَإِنِّي لأَنْظُرُ إِلَى حَوْضِي الآنَ، وَإِنِّي أُعْطِيتُ مَفَاتِيحَ خَزَائِنِ الأَرْضِ ـ أَوْ مَفَاتِيحَ الأَرْضِ ـ وَإِنِّي وَاللَّهِ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُشْرِكُوا بَعْدِي، وَلَكِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَنَافَسُوا فِيهَا ".
`Uqba Narrated from:
One day the Prophet (ﷺ) went out and offered the (funeral) prayer for the people (i.e. martyrs) of Uhud as he used to offer a funeral prayer for any dead person, and then (after returning) he ascended the pulpit and said, "I am your predecessor before you, and I am a witness upon you, and I am looking at my Tank just now, and I have been given the keys of the treasures of the world (or the keys of the world). By Allah, I am not afraid that you will worship others besides Allah after me, but I am afraid that you will compete with each other for (the pleasures of) this world."
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 4085In-book reference : Book 64, Hadith 129USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 5, Book 59, Hadith 411
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 4085
This hadith about competing for the world begins with the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم praying for the people of Uhud as one prays for the dead. He then spoke from the pulpit and said he was going ahead before the believers and would be a witness upon them. He mentioned seeing his Tank and being given the keys of the treasures of the earth. Then came the warning: he did not fear that they would worship others besides Allah after him, but he feared that they would compete with one another for this world. The teaching is direct. Worldly gain can become a source of rivalry, even for people who know the truth.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم remembered the people of Uhud with prayer.
- He warned about competition for worldly pleasures.
- The hadith points the heart toward accountability and the Hereafter.
