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ahmad-zuhd:1131ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Abū Hilāl > Qatādah > Muṭarrif

[Machine] "An hour for this world and an hour for the hereafter, and Allah knows best which of them will prevail over us," he said. I said, "You have taken both the world and the hereafter." He said, "A dirham that one of you earns through effort and puts in a beneficial cause is better than spending ten thousand dinars that one of us gives in excess of his wealth."  

الزهد لأحمد:١١٣١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِلَالٍ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ قَالَ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ فَجَلَسْتُ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ أَذِنَ فَدَخَلْتُ فَقَالَ

سَاعَةٌ لِلدُّنْيَا وَسَاعَةٌ لِلْآخِرَةِ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ أَيَّ ذَلِكَ يَغْلِبُ عَلَيْنَا قَالَ قُلْتُ ذَهَبْتُمْ بِالدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ فَقَالَ لَدِرْهَمٌ يُصِيبُهُ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ جَهْدٍ فَيَضَعُهُ فِي حَقٍّ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عَشْرَةِ آلَافٍ يُنْفِقُهَا أَحَدُنَا فَيْضًا مِنْ فَيْضٍ