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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الزهد
Book of Asceticism
(كلام ابن مسعود ﵁)
The words of Ibn Masud (may Allah be pleased with him)
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37292 — The words of Ibn Masud
٣٧٢٩٢ - حدثنا أبو معاوية عن الأعمش عن (خيثمة) (١) عن الأسود قال: قال عبد اللَّه: ما من نفس برة ولا فاجرة إلا وإن الموت خير لها من الحياة، لئن كان برا لقد قال اللَّه: ﴿وَمَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لِلْأَبْرَارِ﴾ [آل عمران: ١٩٨]، (ولئن) (٢) كان فاجرا لقد قال اللَّه: ﴿وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّمَا نُمْلِي لَهُمْ (خَيْرٌ) (٣) لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ إِنَّمَا نُمْلِي لَهُمْ لِيَزْدَادُوا إِثْمًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُهِينٌ﴾ [آل عمران: ١٧٨] (٤).
It is narrated from al-Aswad that he said: Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whether a soul is good or bad, death is better for it than life. If the soul is righteous, Allah says: And what is with Allah is better for the righteous [Al Imran: 198]. And if the soul is bad, Allah says: And let those who disbelieve not think that Our giving them respite is good for themselves. We give them respite only so that they may increase in sin, and for them is a humiliating punishment [Al Imran: 178].
