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ahmad-zuhd:2241ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd Biḥifẓih > ʿUyaynah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAlī b. Zayd b. Judʿān > Ḥaḍar a man from al-Anṣār al-Mawt

[Machine] "To his son, O my son, I advise you with a will, so preserve it. For if you do not preserve it from me, it is likely that you will not preserve it from others. Fear Allah, and if you can be better than yourself, yesterday and tomorrow will be better than you today. Do it and beware of greed, for it is poverty present. And upon you is to be content, for you do not despair of anything but Allah enriches you from it. And beware of seeking excuses from it, for it is not excusable for anything good. And if a mistake is made by a son of Adam, thank Allah that you are not he. And when you stand for your prayer, pray the farewell prayer, and you see that you will never pray after it."  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٢٤١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بِحِفْظِهِ حَدَّثَنَا عُيَيْنَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ جُدْعَانَ قَالَ حَضَرَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ الْمَوْتُ فَقَالَ

لِابْنِهِ يَا بُنَيَّ إِنِّي مُوصِيكَ بِوَصِيَّةٍ فَاحْفَظْهَا فَإِنَّكَ إِلَّا تَحْفَظْهَا مِنِّي خَلِيقٌ أَنْ لَا تَحْفَظَهَا مِنْ غَيْرِي اتَّقِ اللَّهَ ﷻ وَإِنْ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَكُونَ خَيْرًا مِنْكَ أَمْسِ وَغَدًا خَيْرًا مِنْكَ الْيَوْمَ فَافْعَلْ وَإِيَّاكَ وَالطَّمَعَ فَإِنَّهُ فَقْرٌ حَاضِرٌ وَعَلَيْكَ بِالْإِيَاسِ فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَيْأَسْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا أَغْنَاكَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَإِيَّاكَ وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ يُعْتَذَرُ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُعْتَذَرُ مِنْ خَيْرٍ وَإِذَا عَثَرَ عَاثِرٌ مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ فَاحْمَدِ اللَّهَ أَنْ لَا تَكُونَهُ فَإِذَا قُمْتَ إِلَى صَلَاتِكَ فَصَلِّ صَلَاةَ الْمُوَدِّعِ وَأَنْتَ تَرَى أَنَّكَ لَا تُصَلِّي بَعْدَهَا أَبَدًا