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ahmad-zuhd:53ʿAbdullāh > Bayān b. al-Ḥakam > Muḥammad b. Ḥātim Abū Jaʿfar > Bishr b. al-Ḥārith > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > Layth > al-Ḥakam

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When a servant neglects his work, Allah tests him with worries."  

الزهد لأحمد:٥٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا بَيَانُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا قَصَّرَ الْعَبْدُ فِي الْعَمَلِ ابْتَلَاهُ اللَّهُ بِالْهَمِّ»  


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