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ahmad-zuhd:1639ʿAbdullāh from my father > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > a man Lam Yusammih > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] "Allah is not worshiped through sadness."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٦٣٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ لَمْ يُسَمِّهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ

«مَا عُبِدَ اللَّهُ ﷻ بِمِثْلِ الْحُزْنِ»