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ahmad-zuhd:1431ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Hammām > Qatādah > al-ʿAlāʾ b. Ziyād

[Machine] He said, "Verily, we are a people who have thrown ourselves into the fire, so if Allah wills, He will bring us out of it."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٤٣١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ وَضَعْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا فِي النَّارِ فَإِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُخْرِجَنَا مِنْهَا أَخْرَجَنَا»