Al-Sabr wa al-Thawab 'Alayh li-Ibn Abi d-Dunya — 'Seize the Opportunity of Patience, as Though You Have Reached Its Prescribed Term'

Al-Sabr wa al-Thawab 'Alayh li-Ibn Abi d-Dunya

Volume 1 · Page 66'Seize the Opportunity of Patience, as Though You Have Reached Its Prescribed Term'

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Khalaf said: And I heard Abū Sulaymān Dāwūd al-Jawāribī say one day, as he turned to me and said: "O Abū Ismāʿīl, say to your companions who are the people of affliction: 'Seize the opportunity of patience, for it is as though you have already reached its end.'"

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Arabic (Source)

قَالَ خَلَفٌ: وَسَمِعْتُ أَبَا سُلَيْمَانَ دَاوُدَ الْجَوَارِبِيَّ يَقُولُ يَوْمًا، وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قُلْ لِأَصْحَابِكَ أَهْلِ الْبَلَاءِ: «اغْتَنِمُوا الصَّبْرَ فَكَأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ بَلَغْتُمْ مُدَّتَهُ»

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