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ahmad:19788 – Yazīd > Abū Hilāl al-Rāsibī Muḥammad b. Sulaym > Abū al-Wāziʿ > Abū Barzah

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, teach me something that Allah will benefit me with." He replied, "Look for what harms people and stay away from it."  

أحمد:١٩٧٨٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو هِلَالٍ الرَّاسِبِيُّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْوَازِعِ عَنْ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلِّمْنِي شَيْئًا يَنْفَعُنِي اللهُ بِهِ فَقَالَ انْظُرْ مَا يُؤْذِي النَّاسَ فَاعْزِلْهُ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِمْ  

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suyuti:612-6b – Abū Barzah
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السيوطي:٦١٢-٦b –

"عَنْ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ فَقُلْتُ: عَلِّمْنِي شَيْئًا لَعَلَّ الله -تَعَالَى- أَنْ يَنْفَعَنِي بِهِ، قَالَ: انْظُرْ ما يُؤْذِي النَّاسَ فَنَحِّهِ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ".  

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