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ahmad-zuhd:1932ʿAbdullāh > al-Walīd b. Shujāʿ > Saʿīd b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Ṭuʿmah > Bakr b. Māʿiz

[Machine] The Rabbi said, "People are of two types: a believer and an ignorant person. As for the believer, we should not harm them, and as for the ignorant person, we should not ignore them."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٩٣٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ شُجَاعٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي طُعْمَةَ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ مَاعِزٍ قَالَ

قَالَ الرَّبِيعُ «النَّاسُ رَجُلَانِ مُؤْمِنٌ وجَاهِلٌ فَأَمَّا الْمُؤْمِنُ فَلَا نُؤْذِيهِ وَأَمَّا الْجَاهِلُ فَلَا نُجَاهِلُهُ»