al-'Uzlah wa-l-Infirad
Volume 1 · Page 37
Translation · EN
AI translation22 - He said: Dāwūd used to say: "Certainty is sufficient as Asceticism (Zuhd), knowledge is sufficient as worship, and worship is sufficient as an occupation." (2)
Notes
- (1) The speaker is Bukayr al-ʿĀbid.
- (2) Al-Dhahabī cited the statement of Dāwūd in Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ (7/424).
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Arabic (Source)
٢٢ - قَالَ (١) : وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ يَقُولُ: " كَفَى بِالْيَقِينِ زُهْدًا، وَكَفَى بِالْعِلْمِ عِبَادَةً، وَكَفَى بِالْعِبَادَةِ شُغْلا (٢) "
Notes
(١) القائل هو: بكير العابد.(٢) أورد مقالة داود، الذهبي في " سير أعلام النبلاء " (٧/٤٢٤) .