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296 – Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī narrated to us. He said: I heard Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ashʿath say: I heard al-Fuḍayl ibn ʿIyāḍ say: It was said, “O Moses, does My believing servant grow sorrowful when I withhold the world from him even though that brings him nearer to Me? And does he rejoice when I expand the world for him even though that takes him farther from Me?”
٢٩٦ - ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنَ الْأَشْعَثِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ فُضَيْلَ بْنَ عِيَاضٍ، يَقُولُ: قِيلَ: " يَا مُوسَى أَيَحْزُنُ عَبْدِي الْمُؤْمِنُ أَنْ أَزْوِيَ عَنْهُ الدُّنْيَا وَهُوَ أَقْرَبُ لَهُ مِنِّي؟ وَيَفْرَحُ أَنْ أَبْسُطَ لَهُ الدُّنْيَا وَهُوَ أَبْعَدُ لَهُ مِنِّي؟