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ahmad-zuhd:1985ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān from his father > al-Rabīʿ b. Khuthaym

[Machine] "What the believer waits for is better for him than death."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٩٨٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ قَالَ

«مَا غَائِبٌ يَنْتَظِرُهُ الْمُؤْمِنُ خَيْرًا لَهُ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ»