Kitāb al-Zuhd 1, narration 28

Ḥusayn b. Saʿīd al-Ahwāzī · On Etiquette and Encouraging Others to do Good

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Arabic text

فضالة بن أيوب عن الفضيل بن عثمان عن عبيد بن زرارة قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: انى لأبغض رجل يرضى ربه بشئ لا يكون فيه أفضل منه فان رأيته يطيل الركوع قلت: يا نفس وان رايته يطيل السجود قلت يا نفس.

Translation

2..Faḍālah ibn Ayyūb narrated from al-Fuḍayl ibn ʿUthmān, from ʿUbayd ibn Zurārah who said, “I heard Abā ʿAbdillāh (a) say, ‘Indeed I dislike a man who seeks to please his Lord with something while not having anything better than it [to offer]. So when I see him prolonging his bowing I say: O [base] soul! And when I see him prolonging his prostration, I say: O [base] soul!’”[1]

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

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  1. 2..Faḍālah ibn Ayyūb narrated
  2. al-Fuḍayl ibn ʿUthmān
  3. ʿUbayd ibn Zurārah who said, “I heard Abā ʿAbdillāh (a) say

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