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[Machine] Spring was given a horse or bought one for thirty thousand. Then he went on a raid, and said, "Then he sent his servant Yahsha to fetch the horse. Yahsha came and said, 'Oh, Spring, where is your horse?' He said, 'It was stolen, O Yahsha.' Yahsha said, 'And you were looking at it?' He said, 'Yes, O Yahsha, I was busy praying to my Lord, and it did not distract me from praying to my Lord at all. O Allah, if he (the thief) was rich, then guide him, and if he was poor, then enrich him, three times.'"  

الزهد لأحمد:١٩٣٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ نُسَيْرٍ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ مَاعِزٍ قَالَ قَالَ الرَّبِيعُ لَمْ أَجِدْ لِلْقَضَاءِ مَثَلًا إِلَّا مَثَلًا عَنْ نُسَيْرٍ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ مَاعِزٍ قَالَ

أُعْطِيَ الرَّبِيعُ فَرَسًا أَوِ اشْتَرَى فَرَسًا بِثَلَاثِينَ أَلْفًا فَغَزَا عَلَيْهَا قَالَ ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ غُلَامَهُ يَحْتَشُّ وَقَامَ يُصَلِّي وَرَبَطَ فَرَسَهُ فَجَاءَ الْغُلَامُ فَقَالَ يَا رَبِيعُ أَيْنَ فَرَسُكَ؟ قَالَ سُرِقَتْ يَا يَسَارُ قَالَ وَأَنْتَ تَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا يَسَارُ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أُنَاجِي رَبِّي ﷻ فَلَمْ [269] يَشْغَلْنِي عَنْ مُنَاجَاةِ رَبِّي شَيْءٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ سَرَقَنِي وَلَمْ أَكُنْ أَسْرِقُهُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ غَنِيًّا فَاهْدِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ فَقِيرًا فَاغْنِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ