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- ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; ʿAli ibn Muslim narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Ṣamad narrated to us; Bukayr—meaning Ibn Abi al-Shumayṭ—narrated to us, from Qatadah, from ʿAbd Allah ibn Muṭarrif, who said: He said to me, “You may encounter two men: one of them fasts and prays more often, yet the other is far more honored in the sight of Allah—Exalted is He—with a vast gulf between them.” They asked, “How can that be, O Abū Bahr?” He replied, “It is because he is the more scrupulous of the two in avoiding what is forbidden.”
١٣٦٠ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ، حَدَّثَنَا بُكَيْرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي الشُّمَيْطِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُطَرِّفٍ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي: " إِنَّكَ لَتَلْقَى الرَّجُلَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا أَكْثَرُ صَوْمًا وَصَلَاةً، وَالْآخَرُ أَكْرَمُهُمَا عَلَى اللَّهِ – Exalté soit-Il – بَوْنًا بَعِيدًا، قَالُوا: وَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ يَا أَبَا بَحْرٍ؟ قَالَ: يَكُونُ أَوْرَعَهُمَا فِي حَرَامِهِ "