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- ʿAbd Allah narrated to us, and I heard someone relate from Rābiʿa: I heard a man exclaim, “wā ḥuznāh” (“Alas, my sorrow!”). She said, “Do not say it like that; instead say, ‘wā qillata ḥuznāh’ (‘Alas, how little is our sorrow!’). For if you were truly grieved, no span of life would avail you.”
٥٦ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَسَمِعْتُ مَنْ يَذْكُرُ عَنْ رَابِعَةَ، سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا، يَقُولُ: وَاحُزْنَاهُ، فَقَالَتْ: لَا تَقُلْ هَكَذَا، وَقُلْ: وَاقِلَّةَ حُزْناهُ، إِنَّكَ لَوْ كُنْتَ حَزِينًا لَمْ يَنْفَعْكَ عَيْشٌ "