Despair of what is in the others` hands

Despair of what is in the others` hands​

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Sa`d ibn Abi waqqas, may Allah e pleased with him, narrated that a man said: 

O Messenger of Allah advice me and let the advice be brief. The Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him replied: despair of what is in the others` hands since this is real self sufficiency. Avoid covetousness for it is the permanent poorness, offer the prayer as if you will depart from this world after it and avoid what causes you to excuse.