PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
The lifespan of my nation is between sixty to seventy, and the least of them are those who surpass that.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
The heart of an old man remains young in two respects, i.e.,
1) His love for the world and
2) His incessant hope.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
The heart of an old man remains young with regard to the love of two things:
1) A long life and
2) Wealth.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
The son of Adam (i.e. man) grows old and so also two (desires) grow old with him, i.e.,
1) Love for wealth and
2) (a wish for) a long life.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
The son of Adam grows old, but two things remain young in him:
1) Desire for wealth, and
2) Desire for a (long) life.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
Seek medical treatment, for Allah has not created any disease but He has also created a remedy for it, except for - one disease: Old age.
Narrated Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas:
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to teach us these words as he used to teach us the Book (Qur'an):
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبُخْلِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ نُرَدَّ إِلَى أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدُّنْيَا، وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ
O Allah!
1) Seek refuge with You from miserliness, and
2) Seek refuge with You from cowardice, and
3) Seek refuge with You from being brought back to (senile) geriatric old age, and
4) seek refuge with You from the affliction of the world and from the punishment in the Hereafter.
Narrated `Amr bin Maimun Al-Audi:
Sa`d used to teach his sons the following words as a teacher teaches his students the skill of writing and used to say that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to seek Refuge with Allah from them (i.e. the evils) at the end of every prayer. The words are:
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُرَدَّ إِلَى أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدُّنْيَا
وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ
TRANSLATION:
O Allah!
1) I seek refuge with You from cowardice, and
2) Seek refuge with You from being brought back to a bad stage of old life and
3) Seek refuge with You from the afflictions of the world, and
4) Seek refuge with You from the punishments in the grave.
It was narrated that 'Urwah bin Maimun said:
"I heard 'Umar bin Al-Khattab say: 'The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to seek refuge with Allah from five things and say:
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَسُوءِ الْعُمُرِ وَفِتْنَةِ الصَّدْرِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ
O Allah, I seek refuge with You from
1) Cowardice,
2) Miserliness,
3) Reaching the age of second childhood,
4) The trials of the heart and
5) The torment of the grave.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَالْهَرَمِ وَالْمَغْرَمِ وَالْمَأْثَمِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ وَفِتْنَةِ النَّارِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَشَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْغِنَى، وَشَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْفَقْرِ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ، اللَّهُمَّ اغْسِلْ خَطَايَاىَ بِمَاءِ الثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ، وَنَقِّ قَلْبِي مِنَ الْخَطَايَا، كَمَا يُنَقَّى الثَّوْبُ الأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ، وَبَاعِدْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ خَطَايَاىَ كَمَا بَاعَدْتَ بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ
O Allah! I seek refuge with You from
1) The punishment of the Fire,
2) The afflictions of the grave,
3) The punishment in the grave, and
4) The evil of the affliction of poverty
5) And from the evil of the affliction caused by Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal.
O Allah!
1) Wash away my sins with the water of snow and hail,
2) And cleanse my heart from the sins as a white garment is cleansed of filth,
3) And let there be a far away distance between me and my sins as You have set far away the East and the West from each other.
