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ahmad-zuhd:1653ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Abū al-Ashhab

[Machine] About Al-Hassan's statement on "And as for he who withholds and considers himself free of need" [Quran 92:8], he said, "He withholds from what he does not possess and considers himself rich without having any wealth."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٦٥٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَشْهَبِ

عَنِ الْحَسَنِ فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {وَأَمَّا مَنْ بَخِلَ وَاسْتَغْنَى} [الليل 8] قَالَ «بَخِلَ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْقَ وَاسْتَغْنَى بِغَيْرِ غِنًى»