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bayhaqi:5867Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Aḥmad b. Shaybān > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father > Mā > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb Yaqraʾuhā Illā Fāmḍūā > Dhikr Allāh 5868 > Abū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb Nbā al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān Nbā al-Shāfiʿī Nbā Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah Fadhakarah Binaḥwih

[Machine] Al-Shafi'i is reasonable, as indeed the effort in this matter is work, not effort on foot. Allah the Almighty said: "Indeed, your efforts are diverse" [Al-Layl 4]. And He said: "And your effort shall be appreciated" [Al-Insan 22]. And He said: "And whoever desires the Hereafter and exerts effort for it as it should be exerted while he is a believer" [Al-Isra 19]. And He said: "And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives" [An-Najm 39]. And He said: "And when he turns away [from you], he strives throughout the land to cause corruption therein" [Al-Baqarah 205]. The Sheikh said, and it has been narrated from Abu Dharr what confirms this.  

البيهقي:٥٨٦٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ شَيْبَانَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ مَا سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ يَقْرَؤُهَا إِلَّا فَامْضُوا إِلَى ذِكْرِ اللهِ 5868 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أنبا الشَّافِعِيُّ أنبا سُفْيَانَ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ فَذَكَرَهُ بِنَحْوِهِ قَالَ

الشَّافِعِيُّ وَمَعْقُولٌ إِنَّ السَّعْيَ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ الْعَمَلُ لَا السَّعْيُ عَلَى الْأَقْدَامِ قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّى} [الليل 4] وَقَالَ {وَكَانَ سَعْيُكُمْ مَشْكُورًا} [الإنسان 22] وَقَالَ {وَمَنْ أَرَادَ الْآخِرَةَ وَسَعَى لَهَا سَعْيَهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ} [الإسراء 19] وَقَالَ {وَأَنْ لَيْسَ لِلْإِنْسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَى} [النجم 39] وَقَالَ {وَإِذَا تَوَلَّى سَعَى فِي الْأَرْضِ لِيُفْسِدَ فِيهَا} [البقرة 205] قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ مَا يُؤَكِّدُ هَذَا