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ahmad-zuhd:2360ʿAbdullāh from my father > Ḥusayn > Muḥammad b. Muṭarrif > Hilāl b. Yasāf al-Fazārī > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "The world came to me green and sweet, and it raised its head and adorned itself for me. So, I said, 'I do not want you.' It (the world) said, 'If it slips away from me, it will not slip away from me except you.'"  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٣٦٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ يَسَافٍ الْفَزَارِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَتَتْنِي الدُّنْيَا خَضِرَةً حُلْوَةً وَرَفَعَتْ رَأْسَهَا وتَزَيَّنَتْ لِي فَقُلْتُ «إِنِّي لَا أُرِيدُكِ» فَقَالَتْ إِنْ انْفَلَتَّ مِنِّي لَمْ يَنْفَلِتْ مِنِّي غَيْرُكَ