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ahmad-zuhd:1917ʿAbdullāh from my father > Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Mahdī b. Maymūn > al-Ḥajjāj b. Qarāfiṣah > Ḥassān b. Abū Sinān

[Machine] "Remembering Allah (God) among those who are heedless is like fighting alongside those who retreat."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٩١٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَهْدِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ بْنِ قَرَافِصَةَ عَنْ حَسَّانِ بْنِ أَبِي سِنَانٍ قَالَ

«ذاكِرُ اللَّهِ فِي الْغَافِلِينَ كَالْمُقَاتِلِ مَعَ الْمُدْبِرِينَ»