Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 19834a
"مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَفِرُّ مِنَ الْمَوْت كَالثَّعْلَبِ تَطْلُبُه الأرْضُ بِدَين فَجَعَلَ يَسْعَى حَتَّى إِذَا عَيى وَابْتَهَر دَخَل جُحْرَهُ، فَقَالتْ لَهُ الأَرْضُ عنْد سبَلَتِهِ: دَينى دَينِى يَا ثَعْلَبُ، فَخَرج لَهُ حُصَاصٌ، فَلَمْ يَزَل كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى انْقَطَعَتْ عُنقُهُ فَمَاتَ".
Translation
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"The example of one who flees from death is like the fox pursued by the earth for a debt. It began to run until, when it became exhausted and out of breath, it entered its burrow. Then the earth said to it at the entrance of its burrow: 'My debt, my debt, O fox!' Then a ḥuṣāṣ came out to it and it continued like that until its neck was severed and it died".
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الرامهرمزى، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان عن سمرة بن جندب. وقال [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان المحفوظ وقفه
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