Hadith About Old Age

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Mutarrif b. ʿAbd Allah b. al-Shikhir reported that his father said (ra) that the Prophet (saw) said, “The son of Adam was created surrounded by ninety-nine life-threatening calamities. If these calamities miss him, he is stricken by decrepitude until he dies.” (al-Tirmidhi, al-Qadar, 14)

According to Anas b. Malik (ra), the Prophet (saw) used to make the following prayer: “O Allah! I take refuge in you from stinginess, laziness, the most abject stage of life (that is, old age), the torments in the grave, the turmoil of life and death-threatening calamities.” (Muslim, al-Dhikr, al-Duʿaʾ, and al-Tawba, 52)

According to ʿAmr b. ʿAbasa (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “Whoever becomes white haired in the cause of Allah, the whiteness will be a light for him on the Day of Judgement.” (al-Tirmidhi, Fadaʾil al-Jihad, 9)

According to Anas b. Malik (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “If a young person honors an elder because of his old age, Allah appoints for him one who will honor him in his old age.” (Tirmidhi, al-Birr, 75)

According to ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb, his father said that his grandfather (ra) said that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “He is not one of us who does not have mercy upon our young, nor acknowledges the honor of our elders.” (al-Tirmidhi, al-Birr, 15)

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths