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ahmad-zuhd:2265ʿAbdullāh from my father > Abū al-Mughīrah > Jarīr

[Machine] From Khalid ibn Ma'dan, "If the door of goodness is opened for one of you, then hasten towards it, for he does not know when it will be closed upon him."  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٢٦٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ

عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ «إِذَا فُتِحَ لِأَحَدِكُمْ بَابُ الْخَيْرِ فَلْيُسْرِعْ إِلَيْهِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي مَتَى يُغْلَقُ عَنْهُ»