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ahmad-zuhd:1980ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Isrāʾīl > Saʿīd b. Masrūq > al-Mundhir al-Thawrī > al-Rabīʿ b. Khuthaym

[Machine] "O Abdullah, fear Allah in what you have been taught and what has been preferred for you. Give it all to its knowledgeable people because I am more fearful for you in your actions than you are. [274] You are not advised to follow what is good for you today, but it is better than the last of its evil. They do not truly follow the good when they follow it, nor do they truly flee from evil when they flee from it. Not everything that was revealed to Muhammad you have understood, nor everything that you read you comprehend. Then it says, the secrets, the secrets that are hidden from the people yet they are known to Allah, seek their remedies in the valley. Then it says, and what are their remedies? Repentance. And then it does not return."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٩٨٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنِ الْمُنْذِرِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ قَالَ كَانَ إِذَا جَاءَهُ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ

يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ فِيمَا عُلِّمْتَ وَمَا اسْتُؤْثِرَ بِهِ عَلَيْكَ فَكِلْهُ إِلَى عَالِمِهِ لَأَنَا فِي الْعَمَلِ أَخْوَفُ مِنِّي عَلَيْكُمْ [274] فِي الْخَطَأِ وَمَا خِيَارُكُمُ الْيَوْمَ بِخَيْرِهِ وَلَكِنَّهُ أَخْيَرُ مِنْ آخِرِ شَرٍّ مِنْهُ لَا يَتَّبِعُونَ الْخَيْرَ حَقَّ اتِّبَاعِهِ وَلَا يَفِرُّونَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ حَقَّ فِرَارِهِ مَا كُلُّ مَا نَزَلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ أَدْرَكْتُمْ وَلَا كُلُّ مَا تَقْرَءُونَ تَدْرُونَ مَا هُوَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ السَّرَائِرَ السَّرَائِرَ الَّتِي تَخْفَى عَلَى النَّاسِ وَهِيَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ بِوَادٍ الْتَمِسُوا دَوَاءَهُنَّ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ وَمَا دَوَاؤُهُنَّ يَتُوبُ ثُمَّ لَا يَعُودُ