The Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) Advice to Ibn Abbas (RA)

On the authority of Aboo Abbas Abdullah the son of 'Abbass (RA), who said:

One day I was behind the Prophet (SAW) [riding on the same mount] and he said to me:

Young man, I shall teach you some of words [of advice]: Be mindful of Allah, and Allah will protect you. Be mindful of Allah, and you will find Him in front of you. If you ask, ask of Allah; If you seek help, seek help of Allah. Know that if the Nation were to gather together to benefit you with anything, it would benefit you only with something that Allah had already prescribed for you, and that if they gather together to harm you with anything, they would harm you only with something Allah had already prescribed for you. The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried.

It was related by at-Tirmizi, who said it was a good and sound Hadith.

In a version other than that of at-Tirmizi it reads:

Be mindful of Allah, you will find Him before you. Get to know Allah in prosperity and He will know you in adversity. Know that what has passed you by was not going to befall you, and that what has befallen you was not going to pass you by. And know that victory comes with patience, relief with affliction, and ease with hardship.

Hadith Teaches Us

• That it is allowed for two persons to be seated on a mount if it does not over-burden the animal.
• That if one takes care about Allah, He takes care of him
• That if one takes care about Allah, He helps him.
• That one must ask of Allah only and seek His help only.
• That we cannot be harmed or benefited by anything or anyone, no matter how large they are in number or how strong they appear, except by that which Allah allows. 
• That what Allah has allowed in our destiny will definitely occur.
• That one should remember and take care about Allah in his good time, when Allah will take care of him in his bad time.
• That victory comes with patience.
• That relief comes after suffering.
• That an easy time comes after a hard time.