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637 — Hamza ibn al-ʿAbbās related to me: ʿAbdān ibn ʿUthmān informed us: ʿAbd Allāh informed us: Ibn Lahīʿa informed us: al-Hārith ibn Yazīd related to me, on the authority of ʿAlī ibn Rabāh, who said: I heard Wahb al-Dhimārī relate, on the authority of Fadāla ibn ʿUbayd, who said:
“The Prophet David, peace be upon him, asked his Lord ⦗284⦘ to tell him which deeds were most beloved to Him. He said, ‘Ten things—if you perform them, O David: Never mention any of My creation except favorably; never backbite any of My creation; and never envy any of My creation.’ David said, ‘My Lord, I am unable to perform these three.’”
٦٣٧ - حَدَّثَنِي حَمْزَةُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي الْحَارِثُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ وَهْبًا الذِّمَارِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ: " إِنَّ دَاوُدَ النَّبِيَّ ﵇ سَأَلَ رَبَّهُ ⦗٢٨٤⦘ أَنْ يُخْبِرَهُ بِأَحَبِّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَيْهِ، قَالَ: عَشْرًا إِذَا فَعَلْتَهُنَّ يَا دَاوُدُ، لَا تَذْكُرَنَّ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِي إِلَّا بِخَيْرٍ، وَلَا تَغْتَابَنَّ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِي، وَلَا تَحْسُدَنَّ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِي. قَالَ: يَا رَبِّ، هَؤُلَاءِ الثَّلَاثُ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَعْمَلَهُنَّ "