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[Machine] To Abu Darda, don't ask anyone anything. I said, what if I need something? He said, follow the harvesters and see what falls from them, then pick it up, hit it, grind it, knead it, then eat it, and don't ask anyone anything.

البيهقي:١٢١٠٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا سَعْدَانُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُمِّ الدَّرْدَاءِ ؓ قَالَتْ قَالَ

لِي أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ ؓ لَا تَسْأَلِي أَحَدًا شَيْئًا قُلْتُ إِنِ احْتَجْتُ؟ قَالَ تَتَبَّعِي الْحَصَّادِينَ فَانْظُرِي مَا يَسْقُطُ مِنْهُمْ فَخِذَيْهِ فَاخْبِطِيهِ ثُمَّ اطْحَنِيهِ ثُمَّ اعْجِنِيهِ ثُمَّ كُلِيهِ وَلَا تَسْأَلِي أَحَدًا شَيْئًا

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ahmad-zuhd:760 – ʿAbdullāh from my father > Abū Muʿāwiyah > ʿAmr b. Maymūn from his father > Um al-Dardāʾ > Lī Abū al-Dardāʾ Lā Tasʾalī al-Nās Shayʾ > Faʾin Āḥtajt

[Machine] "If you need, then follow the harvesters and see what has fallen from them, then gather it, grind it, and eat it. And do not ask people for anything."

الزهد لأحمد:٧٦٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُمِّ الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَتْ قَالَ لِي أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ لَا تَسْأَلِي النَّاسَ شَيْئًا قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ فَإِنِ احْتَجْتُ؟ قَالَ

فَإِنِ احْتَجْتِ فَتَتَبَّعِي الْحَصَّادِينَ فَانْظُرِي مَا سَقَطَ مِنْهُمْ فَاخْبِطِيهِ ثُمَّ اطْحَنِيهِ ثُمَّ كُلِيهِ وَلَا تَسْأَلِي النَّاسَ شَيْئًا