{And tall date-palms, with ranged clusters;} [Qaf 50:10]

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All some people can do is just look and stare
Simply because they can't see my hair

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Others think I am ...

- Funny how a $20 bill looks so big when you take it to the Mosque, but so small when you take it to the market.

- Funny how long it takes to do Zikr for an hour, but how quickly a team plays 60 minutes of basketball.

- Funny how long a couple of hours spent at the Mosque are, but how ...

It is a duty upon every sane person to be prepared for his departure (from this world), for one does not know when he will be served by his Lord’s commands (to take away his soul) nor does he know how long it is going to be before he will be summoned (for the Day of Judgment).

Taken from Jami’ al-U’lum wal-Hikam [With the authentication of Salim al-Hilali.
Hadeeth #40:

Ibn Umar (Radhiallahu ‘Anhum) said: «Allaah’s Messenger (Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wa Sallam) took me by my shoulder and said: “Be in this life as if you were a stranger or a traveller on a path.”