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ahmad-zuhd:2335ʿAbdullāh from my father > Yaʿmur > ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr b. Abū Maryam al-Ghassānī > Ḥakīm b. ʿUmayr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever is given an opportunity of goodness, let him seize it, for he does not know when it will be closed."  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٣٣٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا يَعْمُرُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ الْغَسَّانِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي حَكِيمُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ فُتِحَ لَهُ بَابٌ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ فَلْيَنْتَهِزْهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي مَتَى يُغْلَقُ»  

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suyuti:22401a
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٢٢٤٠١a

"مَنْ فُتِحَ لَهُ بَابٌ مِنَ الْخَير فَلْيَنْتَهِزْهُ، فَإِنَّهُ لا يَدْرِي مَتَى يُغْلَقُ عَنْه".  

ابن المبارك عن حكيم بن عمير مرسلًا، ابن شاهين عن عبد الله بن أَبان بن عثمان بن حذيفة بن أَوس عن أَبيه عن جده حذيفة