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46 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us. He said: al-Husayn ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman related to us, from one of his teachers, from Ibn Abi al-Zinad, who said: One of the sages declared, “It is unfitting for a rational person to subject his mind to scrutinize every matter, just as it is unfitting for him to swing his sword at everything.”
٤٦ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ: ثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ بَعْضِ أَشْيَاخِهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، قَالَ: قَالَ بَعْضُ الْحُكَمَاءِ: «لَا يَنْبَغِي لِعَاقِلٍ أَنْ يُعَرِّضَ عَقْلَهَ لِلنَّظَرِ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ كَمَا لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَضْرِبَ بِسَيْفِهِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ»