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مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب الزهد
Book of Asceticism
بَابٌ فِيمَنْ تَشَبَّهَ مِنَ الشَّبَابِ بِالْكُهُولِ ، وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ .
Young people who imitate the elderly, and others
Majma al-Zawaid 17956 — Young people who imitate the elderly
عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ : أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ : " خَيْرُ شَبَابِكُمْ مَنْ تَشَبَّهَ بِكُهُولِكُمْ ، وَشَرُّ كُهُولِكُمْ مَنْ تَشَبَّهَ بِشَبَابِكُمْ " . رَوَاهُ أَبُو يَعْلَى ، وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَفِيهِ مَنْ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُمْ .
Sayyiduna Wathilah bin al-Asqa' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The best of your young people are those who resemble the elderly, and the worst of your elderly are those who resemble the young."
Imam Abu Ya'la and Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration; its chain contains narrators whom I do not know.
Imam Abu Ya'la and Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration; its chain contains narrators whom I do not know.
