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ahmad-zuhd:1324ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Ghaylān b. Jarīr > Muṭarrif

[Machine] I heard Muttarif say, "No two people have ever loved each other for the sake of Allah except that the better of the two loved their companion more intensely. I mentioned this to al-Hasan, and he said, 'It is true.'"  

الزهد لأحمد:١٣٢٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ غَيْلَانَ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ مُطَرِّفًا يَقُولُ «مَا تَحَابَّ قَوْمٌ قَطُّ فِي اللَّهِ ﷻ إِلَّا كَانَ أَفْضَلَهُمَا أَشَدُّهُمَا حُبًّا لِصَاحِبِهِ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلْحَسَنِ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ»  


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ahmad-zuhd:2233ʿAbdullāh from my father > Muʾammal > Sufyān > Abū al-Jaḥḥāf > Abū Zurʿah b. ʿAmr b. Jarīr

[Machine] "Do not love two men for the sake of Allah unless the one you love more is the one who loves his companion more."  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٢٣٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَحَّافِ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

«مَا تَحَابَّ رَجُلَانِ فِي اللَّهِ ﷻ إِلَّا كَانَ أَفْضَلُهُمَا أَشَدَّهُمَا حُبًّا لِصَاحِبِهِ»