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ahmad-zuhd:768ʿAbdullāh from my father > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr > Sufyān

[Machine] Abu Darda said: "Indeed, whoever remembers death frequently will have less envy and aggression."  

الزهد لأحمد:٧٦٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ

قَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ إِنَّ مَنْ أَكْثَرَ ذِكْرَ الْمَوْتِ قَلَّ حَسَدُهُ وَبَغْيُهُ