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ahmad-zuhd:1838ʿAbdullāh from my father > Azhar b. Saʿd > Ibn ʿAwf > Abū Rajāʾ

[Machine] "I never regret anything that I leave behind after me, except for that I used to cover my face with dust five times every day and night for my Lord."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٨٣٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ عَوْفٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا رَجَاءٍ قَالَ

«مَا آسَى عَلَى شَيْءٍ أُخَلِّفُهُ بَعْدِي إِلَّا أَنِّي كُنْتُ أُعَفِّرُ وَجْهِي كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ فِي التُّرَابِ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ لِرَبِّي ﷻ»