'Atiyyah Sa'di (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A servant cannot reach the status of the pious until he leaves that which is harmless out of caution for that which contains evil." © Imam Tirmidhi says:
This hadith is hasan ghareeb; we know it only through this chain.
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Urdu Footnote:
Note:
(In the chain of narration, Abdullah bin Yazid Dimashqi is a weak narrator.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2451