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The Peak of Eloquence · Hadith 1425 (#Passage #234)

Chapter 45 | To the governor of Basra upon learning that he had accepted an invitation to a lavish banquet

ومن هذا الكتاب، وهو آخره: إِلَيْكَ عَنِّي يَا دُنْيَا، فَحَبْلُكِ عَلَى غَارِبِكِ، قَدِ انْسَلَلْتُ مِنْ مَخَالِبِكِ، وَأَفْلَتُّ مِنْ حَبَائِلِكِ، وَاجْتَنَبْتُ الذَّهَابَ فِي مَدَاحِضِكِ. أَيْنَ الْقُرُونُ الَّذِينَ غَرَرْتِهِمْ بَمَدَاعِبِكَ؟! أَيْنَ الْأُمَمُ الَّذِينَ فَتَنْتِهِمْ بِزَخَارِفِكِ؟! فَهَا هُمْ رَهَائِنُ الْقُبُورِ، وَمَضَامِينُ اللُّحُودِ.

A part of the same which is the end of the letter : Get away from me, O’ world. Your rein is on your own shoulders as I have released myself from your ditches, removed myself of your snares and avoided walking into your slippery places. Where are those whom you have deceived by your jokes? Where are those communities whom you have enticed with your embellishments? They are all confined to graves and hidden in burial places.

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).