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396 – Muhammad ibn al-ʿAbbas narrated to me, from Salih ibn ʿAbd al-Karim, who said: ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAziz wrote to his governor ʿAdi ibn Arṭaʾah:
“To proceed: the present world is an enemy to the friends of Allah and an enemy to the enemies of Allah alike. With Allah’s friends it causes distress, while with Allah’s enemies it beguiles them.”
٣٩٦ - حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ، قَالَ: كَتَبَ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ إِلَى عَامِلِهِ عَدِيِّ بْنِ أَرْطَأَةَ: " أَمَّا بَعْدُ، فَإِنَّ الدُّنْيَا عَدُوَّةُ أَوْلِيَاءِ اللَّهِ، وَعَدُوَّةُ أَعْدَاءِ اللَّهِ، أَمَّا أَوْلِيَاءُ اللَّهِ فَغَمَّتْهُمْ، وَأَمَّا أَعْدَاءُ اللَّهِ فَغَرَّتْهُمْ