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238 – Abu Kurayb narrated to us; he said: Al-Muhāribī narrated to us, from ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal, from al-Shaʿbī, from Masrūq, concerning the words of the man who asked, “Where are those who have renounced the world and yearn for the Hereafter?” Masrūq replied, “I would not exchange either of those two qualities for anything.”
٢٣٨ - ثنا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، قَالَ: ثنا الْمُحَارِبِيُّ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، فِي قَوْلِ السَّائِلِ: أَيْنَ الزَّاهِدُونَ فِي الدُّنْيَا، وَالرَّاغِبُونَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ؟ قَالَ مَسْرُوقٌ: مَا كُنْتُ لِأُعْطِيَ عَلَيْهِمَا شَيْئًا "