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553 – Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān related to me; he said: Abū Muʿāwiyah al-Aswad declared, “Every creature is striving for something worth less than the wing of a fly.” A man asked him, “What is worth less than a fly’s wing?” He answered, “The dunyā (this worldly life).”
٥٥٣ - حَدَّثَنِي حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ الْأَسْوَدُ: «الْخَلْقُ كُلُّهُمْ يَسْعَى فِي أَقَلَّ مِنْ جَنَاحِ ذُبَابَةٍ» ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: وَمَا أَقَلَّ مِنْ جَنَاحِ ذُبَابَةٍ؟ قَالَ: «الدُّنْيَا»