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ahmad-zuhd:864ʿAbdullāh from my father > Yazīd > al-Masʿūdī > al-Qāsim b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

[Machine] Abdullah said: Sufficient is the fear of Allah as knowledge, and sufficient is arrogance as ignorance.  

الزهد لأحمد:٨٦٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ

قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ كَفَى بِخَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ عِلْمًا وَكَفَى بِالِاغْتِرَارِ جَهْلًا  


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tabarani:8927ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > al-Masʿūdī > al-Qāsim

[Machine] Abdullah: "Fear of God is enough knowledge, and overconfidence in God is enough ignorance."  

الطبراني:٨٩٢٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ «كَفَى بِخَشْيَةِ اللهِ عِلْمًا وَكَفَى بِاغْتِرَارٍ بِاللهِ جَهْلًا»  

suyuti:430-431bIbn Masʿūd
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السيوطي:٤٣٠-٤٣١b

"عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: كَفَى بِخَشْيَةِ اللهِ عِلْمًا وَكَفَى بِالاغْتِرَارِ بِاللهِ جَهْلًا".  

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