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ahmad-zuhd:1900ʿAbdullāh from my father > Sayyār > Jaʿfar > Mālik b. Dīnār

[Machine] I heard Malik ibn Dinar say, "No nation has fallen out of the sight of Allah except that He has emancipated their hearts through hunger."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٩٠٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ دِينَارٍ يَقُولُ «مَا سَقَطَتْ أُمَّةٌ مِنْ عَيْنِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا حَرَّرَ أَكْبَادَهَا بِالْجُوعِ»