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Surayj narrated to us, saying: ʿUthmān ibn Maṭar narrated to us, from Hishām, from al-Ḥasan, who said, “I met people who, with respect to what Allah had made lawful for them, were more ascetic than you are toward what He has forbidden you.”
حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجٌ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَطَرٍ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ: «لَقِيتُ أَقْوَامًا كَانُوا فِيمَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ، أَزْهَدُ مِنْكُمْ فِيمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ»