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3 – Abu Jaʿfar Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Adami narrated to us; Abu Damrah ⦗32⦘—Anas ibn ʿIyad—reported from Abu Hazim, from Sahl ibn Saʿd who said:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Beware of sins you consider trifling. The likeness of such petty sins is that of people who halted in the bed of a valley: one brought a stick, another brought a stick, and they kept doing so until they had gathered enough firewood to bake their bread. In the same way, when a person is finally taken to task for these minor sins, they destroy him.”
٣ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْآدَمَيُّ، ثنا أَبُو ضَمْرَةَ ⦗٣٢⦘ أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ، عَنْ أَبَى حَازِمٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «إِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحَقَّرَاتِ الذُّنُوبِ فَإِنَّ مَثَلَ مُحَقَّرَاتِ الذُّنُوبِ كَمَثَلِ قَوْمٍ نَزَلُوا بَطْنَ وَادٍ، فَجَاءَ ذَا بِعُودٍ، وَجَاءَ ذَا بِعُودٍ حَتَّى أَنْتَجُوا خُبْزًا لَهُمْ إِنَّ مُحَقَّرَاتِ الذُّنُوبِ مَتَى يُؤْخَذْ بِهَا صَاحِبُهَا يَهْلِكْ»