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السيوطي:٢٥٣٠٤a

"لاَ تُكْثِرُوا الضَّحِكَ، فَإِن كَثْرَةَ الضَّحِكِ تُمِيتُ القَلبَ".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة عن أبي هريرة

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Collected by Ibn Mājah
ibnmajah:4193Abū Bishr Bakr b. Khalaf

“Do not laugh a lot, for laughing a lot deadens the heart.”  

ابن ماجة:٤١٩٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ تُكْثِرُوا الضَّحِكَ فَإِنَّ كَثْرَةَ الضَّحِكِ تُمِيتُ الْقَلْبَ