Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 35715
✧ The asceticism of the Companions, ᴿᴬ
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ، عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ:
مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ بَرَّةٍ وَلَا فَاجِرَةٍ إِلَّا وَإِنَّ الْمَوْتَ خَيْرٌ لَهَا مِنَ الْحَيَاةِ، لَئِنْ كَانَ بَرًّا لَقَدْ قَالَ اللهُ: ﴿وَمَا عِنْدَ اللهِ خَيْرٌ لِلأَبْرَارِ ﴾وَلَئِنْ كَانَ فَاجِرًا لَقَدْ قَالَ اللهُ: ﴿وَلا يَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّمَا نُمْلِي لَهُمْ خَيْرٌ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ إِنَّمَا نُمْلِي لَهُمْ لِيَزْدَادُوا إِثْمًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُهِينٌ ﴾
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machine translationAbū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from Khaythamah, from al-Aswad, who said: ʿAbdullāh said:
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There is no soul, righteous or wicked, but that death is better for it than life. If it is righteous, then God has said: ﴿وَمَا عِنْدَ اللهِ خَيْرٌ لِلأَبْرَارِ﴾ And if it is wicked, then God has said: ﴿وَلا يَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّمَا نُمْلِي لَهُمْ خَيْرٌ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ إِنَّمَا نُمْلِي لَهُمْ لِيَزْدَادُوا إِثْمًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُهِينٌ﴾
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