٣٧٥٧٠ - حدثنا وكيع عن سفيان عن أبيه عن أبي يعلى قال: كان الربيع بن (خثيم) (١) إذا مر بالمجلس يقول: قولوا خيرا (و) (٢) افعلوا خيرا (و) (٣) دوموا على ⦗٤٣٩⦘ صالحة، ولا (تقس) (٤) قلوبكم، ولا يتطاول عليكم الأمد: ﴿وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ﴾.
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Ya’la (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: When Hazrat Rabi’ bin Khuthaym would pass by any gathering, he would say: Speak good words, do good deeds, persist in good actions. Do not let your hearts become hardened, nor let your respite become prolonged, and do not be like those who said, “We have heard,” while in fact they had not heard.