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tabarani:3446Hāshim b. Marthad al-Ṭabarānī > Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh from my father > Ḍamḍam b. Zurʿah > Shurayḥ b. ʿUbayd > Abū Mālik al-Ashʿarī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, tribulation is sent and accompanying it comes desire and patience. So whoever follows desire, his death will be black, and whoever follows patience, his death will be white."  

الطبراني:٣٤٤٦حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنِي ضَمْضَمُ بْنُ زُرْعَةَ عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْفِتْنَةَ تُرْسَلُ وَيُرْسَلُ مَعَهَا الْهَوَى وَالصَّبْرُ فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ الْهَوَى كَانَتْ قِتْلَتُهُ سَوْدَاءَ وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ الصَّبْرَ كَانَتْ قِتْلَتُهُ بَيْضَاءَ»  


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السيوطي:٥٧٧٣a

"إِنَّ الْفِتْنَةَ تُرْسَلُ، وَيُرْسَلُ مَعها الْهَوى والصَّبْرُ، فَمَن اتَّبَعَ الْهَوى كَانَتْ قِتْلَتُهُ سَوْداءَ، وَمَنْ اتَّبعَ الصَّبْرَ كَانَتْ قتْلَتُهُ بيْضَاءَ".  

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