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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الزهد
Book of Asceticism
كلام أبي الدرداء ﵁
The words of Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him)
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37302 — The words of Abu al-Darda
٣٧٣٠٢ - حدثنا حسين بن علي عن زائدة عن عبد الملك بن عمير عن رجاء بن (حيوة) (١) قال: جمع أبو الدرداء أهل دمشق فقال: اسمعوا من أخ لكم (ناصح) (٢): أتجمعون ما لا تأكلون، وتؤملون ما لا تدركون، وتبنون ما لا تسكنون، أين الذين كانوا من قبلكم، فجمعوا كثيرا وأملوا بعيدا وبنوا شديدا، فأصبح جمعهم بورا، وأصبح أملهم غرورا، وأصبحت ديارهم قبورا (٣).
It is narrated from Raja' bin Haywah that he said: Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) gathered the people of Damascus and then said: "Listen to your sincere brother. Do you gather what you will not eat? And do you hope for what you will not attain? And do you build what you will not live in? Where are those who were before you? They gathered much, hoped for far-off things, and built strong (buildings). Then what they gathered became worthless, their hopes became a delusion, and their homes became graves."
