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221 – ‘Abd Allāh narrated to us; he said: Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā narrated to me; he said: Jaʿfar b. Abī Jaʿfar ⦗109⦘ narrated to me; he said: Ibrāhīm b. Adham wrote to one of his brothers, and in his letter he said: “My brother, turn away from the love of this world, for attachment to the world blinds and deafens.”
٢٢١ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ⦗١٠٩⦘ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ: كَتَبَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَدْهَمَ إِلَى أَخٍ لَهُ، فَقَالَ فِي كِتَابِهِ: ارْفُضْ يَا أَخِي حُبَّ الدُّنْيَا، فَإِنَّ حُبَّ الدُّنْيَا يُعْمِي وَيُصِمُّ "