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ahmad-zuhd:2191ʿAbdullāh from my father > Ḥajjāj And ʾAbū al-Naḍr > Muḥammad b. Ṭalḥah > Muḥammad b. Juḥādah > Wahb b. Munabbih

[Machine] "Whoever worships increases in strength, and whoever is lazy increases in duration."  

الزهد لأحمد:٢١٩١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ وَأَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُحَادَةَ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ قَالَ

«مَنْ يَتَعَبَّدْ يَزْدَدْ قُوَّةً وَمَنْ يَكْسَلْ يَزْدَدْ فَتْرَةً»