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ahmad-zuhd:1605ʿAbdullāh from my father > Abū Hilāl > Khālid b. Rabāḥ > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] "When a believer seeks something, if it is made available to him by the provisions of Allah, he accepts it and praises Allah for it. And if it does not become available to him, he leaves it and does not insist on it."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٦٠٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِلَالٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ

«إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا طَلَبَ حَاجَةً إِنْ تَيَسَّرَتْ قَبِلَهَا بِمَيْسُورِ اللَّهِ ﷻ عَلَيْهَا وَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ عَلَيْهَا وَإِنْ لَمْ تَتَيَسَّرْ تَرَكَهَا وَلَمْ يُتْبِعْهَا نَفْسَهُ»