Kitāb al-Zuhd 1, narration 132

Ḥusayn b. Saʿīd al-Ahwāzī · What has come in Reference to this World and One who Seeks it

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Arabic text

عبد الله بن المغيرة عن إسماعيل أبى زيادة يرفع الحديث إلى أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام قال: قيل له: ما الزهد في الدنيا؟ قال: حرامها فتكتبه.

Translation

10.ʿAbdullāh ibn Mughīrah narrated from Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Zayd who attributed the statement to Amīr al-Muʾminīn (a) that when he was asked, “What is detachment (al-zuhd) from the world?” He said, “[It pertains to] what is forbidden thereof – so restrain yourself from it and shun it.”[1]

Translation: Shaykh Tahir Ridha Jaffer — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 10.ʿAbdullāh ibn Mughīrah narrated
  2. Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Zayd who attributed the statement to Amīr al-Muʾminīn (a)
  3. when he was asked, “What is detachment (al-zuhd)
  4. the world?

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