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ahmad-zuhd:729ʿAbdullāh from my father > Ibn Mahdī > Muʿāwiyah > Abū al-Zāhiriyyah > Jubayr b. Nufayr > Abū al-Dardāʾ

[Machine] If it were not for three things, people would have been righteous: an inclination to be greedy, followed by their desires, and the admiration of everyone for their own opinion.  

الزهد لأحمد:٧٢٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزَّاهِرِيَّةِ عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ

لَوْلَا ثَلَاثٌ صَلُحَ النَّاسُ شُحٌّ مُطَاعٌ وَهَوًى مُتَّبَعٌ وَإِعْجَابُ كُلِّ ذِي رَأْيٍ بِرَأْيِهِ  


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