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ahmad-zuhd:1519ʿAbdullāh > Naṣr b. ʿAlī > Muslim b. Qutaybah > Sahl al-Sarrāj > al-Ḥasan And Tabattal Ilayh Tabtīl al-Mzml 8

[Machine] "Purify your intentions for Him with utmost sincerity."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٥١٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَخْبَرَنِي مُسْلِمُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلٌ السَّرَّاجُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ {وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا} [المزمل 8] قَالَ

«أَخْلِصْ إِلَيْهِ إِخْلَاصًا»  


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ahmad-zuhd:1214ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Manṣūr > Mujāhid And Tabattal Ilayh Tabtīl al-Mzml 8

[Machine] "And turn towards Him a sincere turning." [Surah al-Muzzammil 8] He said, "Purify the intention with utmost sincerity."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٢١٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ

{وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا} [المزمل 8] قَالَ أَخْلِصِ النِّيَّةَ إِخْلَاصًا