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ahmad-zuhd:595ʿAbdullāh > Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm al-Dawraqī > Ibn Mahdī > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Balj > ʿAmr b. Maymūn > ʿUmar a man

[Machine] Umar heard a man saying, "O Allah, indeed You change the condition of a person's heart, so change between me and my sins that I may act upon a portion of them." Umar said, "May Allah have mercy on you," and prayed for him for good.  

الزهد لأحمد:٥٩٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَلْجٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ قَالَ

سَمِعَ عُمَرُ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ تَحُولُ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِ فَحُلْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ مَعَاصِيكَ أَنْ أَعْمَلْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْهَا» فَقَالَ «رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ وَدَعَا لَهُ بِخَيْرٍ»