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[Machine] "To Solomon ﷺ , what is the coolest thing? And what is the sweetest thing? And what is the closest thing? And what is the farthest thing? And what is the least thing? And what is the most thing? And what is the most comforting thing and what is the loneliest thing?" He said, "The sweetest thing is the spirit of Allah among His servants, and the coolest thing is the forgiveness of Allah towards His servants, and the forgiveness of the servants towards each other, and the most comforting thing is when the spirit is in the body, and the loneliest thing is when the spirit is taken away from the body, and the least thing is certainty, and the most thing is doubt, and the closest thing is the hereafter to this world, and the farthest thing is this world from the hereafter."  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٢٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَارِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ دَاوُدَ قَالَ

لِسُلَيْمَانَ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ «أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَبْرَدُ؟ وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحْلَى؟ وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَقْرَبُ؟ وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَبْعَدُ؟ وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَقَلُّ؟ وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَكْثَرُ؟ وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ آنَسُ وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَوْحَشُ؟» قَالَ «أَحْلَى شَيْءٍ رَوْحُ اللَّهِ بَيْنَ عِبَادِهِ وَأَبْرَدُ شَيْءٍ عَفْوُ اللَّهِ ﷻ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ وَعَفْوُ الْعِبَادِ بَعْضِهِمْ عَنْ بَعْضٍ وَآنَسُ شَيْءٍ الرُّوحُ تَكُونُ فِي الْجَسَدِ وَأَوْحَشُ شَيْءٍ الْجَسَدُ تُنْزَعُ مِنْهُ الرُّوحُ وَأَقَلُّ شَيْءٍ الْيَقِينُ وَأَكْثَرُ شَيْءٍ الشَّكُّ وَأَقْرَبُ شَيْءٍ الْآخِرَةُ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَأَبْعَدُ شَيْءٍ الدُّنْيَا مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ» أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ