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[Machine] Say, "Oh ruin, what has happened to your people?" So I said, "Oh ruin, what has happened to your people?" Ibn Umar said, "They have gone and only their actions remain."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٠٥٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَمَرَّ عَلَى خَرِبَةٍ فَقَالَ

قُلْ يَا خَرِبَةُ مَا فَعَلَ أَهْلُكِ؟ فَقُلْتُ يَا خَرِبَةُ مَا فَعَلَ أَهْلُكِ؟ قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ذَهَبُوا وَبَقِيَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ