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ahmad-zuhd:1711ʿAbdullāh > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān > ʿAlī b. Abū Zāʾidah > Khaṭabanā ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Bikhunāṣirah > Āʿlamūā

[Machine] "That worship is the performance of obligations and the avoidance of prohibitions"  

الزهد لأحمد:١٧١١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ قَالَ خَطَبَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بِخُنَاصِرَةَ فَقَالَ «اعْلَمُوا

أَنَّ الْعِبَادَةَ أَدَاءُ الْفَرَائِضِ وَاجْتِنَابُ الْمَحَارِمِ»