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ahmad-zuhd:1358ʿAbdullāh > Abū Maʿmar > Sufyān > Muṭarrif In Aqbaḥ al-Raghbah

[Machine] "To work for the present as if you were working for the hereafter."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٣٥٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ قَالَ مُطَرِّفٌ «إِنَّ أَقْبَحَ الرَّغْبَةِ

أَنْ تَعْمَلَ لِلدُّنْيَا بِعَمَلِ الْآخِرَةِ»