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ahmad-zuhd:1525ʿAbdullāh > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Ḥammād > Ayyūb

[Machine] Al-Hasan used to say, "When you see a man competing in this world, compete with him in the Hereafter."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٥٢٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ

كَانَ الْحَسَنُ يَقُولُ «إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الرَّجُلَ يُنَافِسُ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَنَافِسْهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ»  


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ahmad-zuhd:1215ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr > ʿAffān > Ḥammād > Ayyūb > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] I heard Al-Hassan saying, "If you see a man competing in this world, compete with him in the hereafter."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٢١٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الرَّجُلَ يُنَافِسُ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَنَافِسْهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ