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ahmad-zuhd:2168ʿAbdullāh from my father > Shuʿayb b. Ḥarb > Sufyān > a man > Saʿīd b. Jubayr

[Machine] "If the thought of death were to leave my heart, I would fear that my heart would become corrupted."  

الزهد لأحمد:٢١٦٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ

«لَوْ فَارَقَ ذِكْرُ الْمَوْتِ قَلْبِي خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَفْسُدَ عَلَيَّ قَلْبِي»  

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