Al-ZuhdIbn Abi al-Dunya

147 – ʿUthmān ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us, saying: Muʿāwiya ibn Hishām al-Thawrī narrated to us and said, “People used to remark: This lower world (al-dunyā) was named so because it is base and vile, and wealth (māl) was named so because it pulls its owners off course.”

١٤٧ - ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، قَالَ: ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ الثَّوْرِيُّ، يَقُولُ: كَانَ يُقَالُ: إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَتِ الدُّنْيَا، لِأَنَّهَا دَنِيَّةٌ، وَإِنَّمَا سُمِّيَ الْمَالُ لِأَنَّهُ يَمِيلُ بِأَهْلِهِ

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