Expectation

A man who expects to be alive tomorrow is a man who expects to be alive forever.

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  الأملُ رَحمةٌ لِاُمّتي ، ولَوْلا الأملُ ما أرْضَعَتْ والِدَةٌ وَلَدَها، ولا غَرَسَ غارِسٌ شَجَراً . بحار الأنوار : 77 / 173 / 8 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Expectation is a mercy for my community; without expectation no mother would nurse her child, nor would anyone plant a tree.' Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 173, no. 8

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  مَن كانَ يَأمَلُ أن يَعيشَ غَداً فإنّهُ يَأمَلُ أن يَعيشَ أبَداً . بحار الأنوار : 73 / 167 / 31 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'A man who expects to be alive tomorrow is a man who expects to be alive forever.' Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 167, no. 31

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  يَقولُ اللَّهُ عزّ وجلّ : لَأقْطَعَنَّ أملَ كُلِّ مُؤمنٍ أمَّلَ دُوني بالإياسِ . صحيفة الإمام الرضا : 276 / 20 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Allah, Mighty and Exalted says, 'I will cut off the expectation of every believer who places it in someone other than Me [and replace it] with despair.' Sahifat al-Imam al-Rida (AS), p. 276, no. 20