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ahmad-zuhd:884ʿAbdullāh from my father > Rawḥ > Hishām b. Abū ʿAbdullāh > Qatādah > Ibn Masʿūd Law Annī Bayn al-Jannah And al-Nnār Fakhuyyirt Bayn Qabūl ʿAmalī Wabayn > Lā Akūn Shayʾ Lākhtart

[Machine] That I am nothing.  

الزهد لأحمد:٨٨٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ لَوْ أَنِّي بَيْنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ فَخُيِّرْتُ بَيْنَ قَبُولِ عَمَلِي وَبَيْنَ أَنْ لَا أَكُونَ شَيْئًا لَاخْتَرْتُ

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