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ahmad-zuhd:1963ʿAbdullāh > Aḥmad > ʿUthmān b. Zufar b. Muzāḥim b. Zufar > Rabīʿ b. al-Mundhir from his father > al-Rabīʿ b. Khuthaym

[Machine] "Everything that is not sought for the sake of Allah fades away."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٩٦٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ حَدَّثَنِي عُثْمَانُ بْنُ زُفَرَ بْنِ مُزَاحِمِ بْنِ زُفَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا رَبِيعُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ قَالَ

«كُلُّ مَا لَا يُبْتَغَى بِهِ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ يَضْمَحِلُّ»