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ahmad-zuhd:1619ʿAbdullāh from my father > Rawḥ > ʿAwf > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] "O Son of Adam, you have speech, action, secret, and public, and your action is more deserving of you than your speech, and your secret is more deserving of you than your public."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٦١٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ

«يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنَّ لَكَ قَوْلًا وَعَمَلًا وَسِرًّا وَعَلَانِيَةً وَعَمَلُكَ أَوْلَى بِكَ مِنْ قَوْلِكَ وَسِرُّكَ أَوْلَى بِكَ مِنْ عَلَانِيَتِكَ»