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ahmad-zuhd:1266ʿAbdullāh > al-Ḥasan > Ḍamrah > Ṣadaqah b. Yazīd > Ṣāliḥ b. Khālid > Idhā Aradt

[Machine] To do something good and humble oneself in front of people as if you were lower than a cow, but without despising them.  

الزهد لأحمد:١٢٦٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ عَنْ ضَمْرَةَ عَنْ صَدَقَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ

أَنْ تَعْمَلَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ فَأَنْزِلِ النَّاسَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْبَقَرِ إِلَّا أَنَّكَ لَا تَحْقِرُهُمْ