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ahmad-zuhd:2130ʿAbdullāh > ʿAlī b. Ḥakīm > Wakīʿ

[Machine] Sufyan said, "Nothing scares me more than idle talk, and there is nothing better than it for someone who seeks what is with Allah."  

الزهد لأحمد:٢١٣٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ حَكِيمٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ وَكِيعًا يَقُولُ قَالَ

سُفْيَانُ «مَا شَيْءٌ أَخْوَفُ عِنْدِي مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ وَمَا شَيْءٌ أَفْضَلُ مِنْهُ لِمَنْ أَرَادَ مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ﷻ»