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ahmad-zuhd:1428ʿAbdullāh from my father > Muʿtamir > Isḥāq b. Sūwayd > al-ʿAlāʾ b. Ziyād

[Machine] "Do not follow with your sight the beauty of a woman, for indeed looking leads to desire within the heart."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٤٢٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ

«لَا تُتْبِعْ بَصَرَكَ رِدَاءَ الْمَرْأَةِ فَإِنَّ النَّظَرَ يُجْعَلُ شَهْوَةً فِي الْقَلْبِ»  

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