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65 – It has reached me—from Saʿīd ibn Abī Maryam, through Yaḥyā ibn Ayyūb, ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Zahr, and Khālid ibn Abī ʿImrān—that he said: “Do not let one look follow another. A servant may cast a single glance that seeps into his heart the way a hide soaks in the tanning vat, after which he gains no benefit from it at all.”
٦٥ - وَبَلَغَنِي عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ فِيمَا بَلَغَنِي، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زَحْرٍ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ قَالَ: «لَا تُتْبِعُوا النَّظَرَ النَّظَرَ، فَرُبَّمَا نَظَرَ الْعَبْدُ النَّظْرَةَ يَنْغَلُ مِنْهَا قَلْبُهُ، كَمَا يَنْغَلُ الْأَدِيمُ فِي الدِّبَاغِ، وَلَا يَنْتَفِعُ بِهِ»