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ahmad-zuhd:1559ʿAbdullāh > Hārūn > Ḍamrah > Ibn Abū Ḥammād b. Kaysān > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] "Exhort people through your actions, not your words."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٥٥٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ حَدَّثَنَا ضَمْرَةُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي حَمَّادِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ

«عِظِ النَّاسَ بِفِعْلِكَ وَلَا تَعِظْهُمْ بِقَوْلِكَ»