Which life to Pursue?
It is reported that Al-Hasan Al-Basrî often used to say,
“O youth! Seek the hereafter, for we often see people pursuing the hereafter and finding it as well as the dunyâ (worldly wellbeing), but we have never seen anyone pursue the dunyâ and gain the hereafter as well as the dunyâ.”
[Al-Bayhaqî, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabîr, article 12. | https://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/which-life/]
It is reported that Al-Hasan Al-Basrî often used to say,
“O youth! Seek the hereafter, for we often see people pursuing the hereafter and finding it as well as the dunyâ (worldly wellbeing), but we have never seen anyone pursue the dunyâ and gain the hereafter as well as the dunyâ.”
[Al-Bayhaqî, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabîr, article 12. | https://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/which-life/]