al-'Uzlah wa-l-Infirad
Volume 1 · Page 38

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23 - ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us, he said: And al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī narrated to me, he said: Aḥmad ibn Yūnus narrated to me, he said: I heard Sufyān al-Thawrī say: "There is nothing better for a person than a hole into which he enters." (1)

Notes

  • (1) Transmitted by al-Bayhaqī in al-Zuhd al-Kabīr, no. (144), and Abū Nuʿaym in Ḥilyat al-Awliyāʾ (7/25–26), via Aḥmad ibn Yūnus, with it.

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Arabic (Source)

٢٣ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيَّ، يَقُولُ: " مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ خَيْرٌ لِلإِنْسَانِ مِنْ جُحْرٍ يَدْخُلُ فِيهِ (١) ".

Notes

(١) أخرجه البيهقي في " الزهد الكبير " رقم (١٤٤) ، وأبو نعيم في " حلية الأولياء " (٧/٢٥ ـ ٢٦) ، من طريق أحمد بن يونس به.