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ahmad-zuhd:1429ʿAbdullāh from my father > Wahbb. Jarīr from my father > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > al-ʿAlāʾ b. Ziyād

[Machine] I saw people while they were asleep following something, so I followed it. Then, I found an old, frail, naked woman, wearing all kinds of adornments and ornaments. I asked her, "Who are you?" She replied, "I am the world." I said, "I ask Allah to make you hate me." She said, "Yes, if you hate money."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٤٢٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حُمَيْدَ بْنَ هِلَالٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ فِي النَّوْمِ يَتَّبِعُونَ شَيْئًا فَتَبِعْتُهُ فَإِذَا عَجُوزٌ كَبِيرَةٌ دَهْمَاءُ عَوْرَاءُ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ حُلَّةٍ وَزِينَةٍ فَقُلْتُ مَا أَنْتِ؟ فَقَالَتْ أَنَا الدُّنْيَا قُلْتُ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُبَغِّضَكِ إِلَيَّ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ إِنْ أَبْغَضْتَ الدِّرْهَمَ