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1838 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; my father narrated to me; Azhar ibn Saʿd narrated to us; Ibn ʿAwf informed us. He said: I heard Abu Rajāʾ say, “I feel no sorrow for anything I shall leave behind after me, save that I used to press my face into the dust for my Lord — Exalted is He — five times every day and night.”
١٨٣٨ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ عَوْفٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا رَجَاءٍ قَالَ: «مَا آسَى عَلَى شَيْءٍ أُخَلِّفُهُ بَعْدِي، إِلَّا أَنِّي كُنْتُ أُعَفِّرُ وَجْهِي كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ فِي التُّرَابِ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ لِرَبِّي – Exalté soit-Il –»