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ahmad:22143ʿAbdullāh > Fiṭr b. Ḥammād from my father > Mālik b. Dīnār

[Machine] I heard Malik ibn Dinar say, "People say that Malik ibn Dinar is an ascetic, but the true ascetic is Umar ibn Abdul Aziz, who was approached by the world but left it behind."  

أحمد:٢٢١٤٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ دِينَارٍ يَقُولُ يَقُولُ النَّاسُ مَالِكُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ يَعْنِي مَالِكَ بْنَ دِينَارٍ زَاهِدٌ إِنَّمَا الزَّاهِدُ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الَّذِي أَتَتْهُ الدُّنْيَا فَتَرَكَهَا