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95 – Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us; he said: I heard al-Fuḍayl ibn ʿIyāḍ say, “You ask Him for Paradise, yet you go on doing what He detests. I have never seen anyone take less care of himself than you.”
96 – Ibn Abī al-Dunyā narrated to us: It was said to one of the sages, “What is the most beneficial kind of modesty?” He replied, “That you feel ashamed to ask Him for what you love while persisting in what He hates.”
٩٥ - حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْفُضَيْلَ بْنَ عِيَاضٍ، يَقُولُ: «تَسْأَلُهُ الْجَنَّةَ، وَتَأْتِي مَا يَكْرَهُ، مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا أَقَلَّ نَظَرًا مِنْكَ لِنَفْسِكَ»
٩٦ - حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي الدُّنْيَا قال: قِيلَ لِبَعْضِ الْحُكَمَاءِ: مَا أَنْفَعُ الْحَيَاءِ؟ قَالَ: أَنْ تَسْتَحِيَ أَنْ تَسْأَلَهُ مَا تُحِبُّ وَتَأْتِي مَا يَكْرَهُ.