Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection. So he who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has attained [his desire]. And what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion.
[Quran 3:185]
Narrated Anas:
**The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A single endeavor (of fighting) in Allah’s Cause in the afternoon or in the forenoon is better than all the world and whatever is in it.
A place in Paradise as small as the bow or lash of one of you is better than all the world and whatever is in it.
And if a houri from Paradise appeared to the people of the earth, she would fill the space between Heaven and the Earth with light and pleasant scent and her head cover is better than the world and whatever is in it." **
[Sahih Al-Bukhaari Hadith No. 2796]
Al-Mustaurad bin Shaddad (May allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “This world (i.e., its pleasures and duration) in comparison with the Hereafter is (similar to the amount of water) one gets when he puts his finger in the sea. Let him then see what it returns with”.
[Sahih Muslim]
Source(s):
Ibn Katheer
Re: The value of this world when compared to the next
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said:
**"Lo! Indeed the world is cursed. What is in it is cursed, except for remembrance of Allah, what is conducive to that, the knowledgeable person and the learning person."**
[Jaami’ Al-Tirmidhi Hadith No. 2322]
Re: The value of this world when compared to the next
Qatadah bin An-Nu’man narrated that the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said:
**“When Allah loves a slave, He prevents him from the world, just as one of you prevents his sick from water.” **
[Jaami’ Al-Tirmidhi Hadith No. 2036]
Re: The value of this world when compared to the next
'Uthman bin 'Affan narrated that the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said:
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“There is no right for the son of Adam in other than these things: A house which he lives in, a garment which covers his nakedness, and Jilf (a piece of bread) and water.”**
[Jaami Al-Trimidhi Hadith No. 2341]
Re: The value of this world when compared to the next
Sahl bin Sa’d narrated that the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said:
“If the world to Allah was equal to a mosquito’s wing, then He would not allow the disbeliever to have a sip of water from it.”
[Jaami’ Al-Tirmidhi Hadith No. 2320]
Re: The value of this world when compared to the next
Abu Hurairah narrated:
**"Neither the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) nor his family, ate their fill of wheat bread for three consecutive days until he parted the world."**
[Jaami’ Al-Tirdmidhi Hadith No. 2358]