“ كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ، أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ ”
Be in this world as a stranger or a wayfare.
The similitude of ‘Living in this world as a wayfarer’ is like that of a traveller in this world who undertakes a journey and then stops to rest under the shade of a tree in a particular place. So the traveller ties his mount, lays down his luggage and retires for a moment under the shade in the midday heat, reclining against the tree. Then after having rested a while, he gathers his belongings, unties his mount and resumes his journey moving away from the temporary resting place, where he had sheltered for a short time. Such is the similitude of man in this world, who resides in this temporary abode of the world for a short time, and then he must thereafter continue his journey towards his real destination, which is the hereafter.
This hadith encourages to practice Zuhd concerning this world, such that a person does not yearn for the pomp and glitter of this world. And the meaning of Zuhd is to leave off that which will not benefit you in the Hereafter so that a person has little desire for the worldly pleasures and gain. A person should not be attached to this world making it his sole concern , instead, his care should be for the Hereafter and to attain salvation in the Hereafter.
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