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ahmad-zuhd:1760ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Hammām > Qatādah > Muwarriq

[Machine] "I have not found a likeness for the believer except for a man in the sea clinging onto a piece of wood, calling out, 'O Lord, O Lord, perhaps He may save him.'"  

الزهد لأحمد:١٧٦٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ أَنَّ مُوَرِّقًا قَالَ

«مَا وَجَدْتُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ مَثَلًا إِلَّا رَجُلًا فِي الْبَحْرِ عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ فَهُوَ يَدْعُو يَا رَبُّ يَا رَبُّ لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يُنْجِيَهُ»