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[Machine] Abu Hurairah said, "I do not believe in you, that you contemplate what you cannot reach, and you gather what you cannot eat, and you build what you cannot inhabit."  

الزهد لأحمد:٩٨٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ عَنْ أَبِي السَّلِيلِ قَالَ

قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ مَا صَدَّقَتْكُمْ أَنْفُسُكُمْ تَأْمَلُونَ مَا لَا تَبْلُغُونَ وَتَجْمَعُونَ مَا لَا تَأْكُلُونَ وَتَبْنُونَ مَا لَا تَسْكُنُونَ