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ahmad-zuhd:1263ʿAbdullāh from my father > Muḥammad b. Muṣʿab > Makhlad b. Ḥusayn Dhakar > Hishām

[Machine] "O 'Aamir, do you see that servant of his? Are you pleased with what you see of the world?" He said, "I am content with little in it." So, he said, "By Allah, you and your companions are those who are content with little." Then, he got up for his prayer.  

الزهد لأحمد:١٢٦٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَخْلَدَ بْنَ حُسَيْنٍ ذَكَرَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ أَنَّ جَارِيَةَ بْنَ قُدَامَةَ جَاءَ إِلَى عَامِرٍ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَاسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى بَابِ الْبَيْتِ فَسِيحَ عَامِرٌ وَدَخَلَ جَارِيَةُ فَجَلَسَ فَلَمْ يَرَ فِي الْبَيْتِ إِلَّا قُلَّةً مِنْ مَاءٍ وَعَامِرٌ عَلَيْهِ بُرْنُسٌ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فَقَضَى عَامِرٌ الصَّلَاةَ فَقَالَ

لَهُ جَارِيَةُ يَا عَامِرُ أَرَضِيتَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَا أَرَى؟ لَقَدْ رَضِيتَ فِيهَا بِالْقَلِيلِ فَقَالَ أَنْتَ وَاللَّهِ وَأَصْحَابُكَ الَّذِينَ رَضِيتُمْ مِنْهُمَا بِالْقَلِيلِ ثُمَّ نَهَضَ إِلَى صَلَاتِهِ