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- ʿAbd Allāh related to us—and I found this report in my father’s notebook, written in his own hand—Abū Muʿāwiyah al-Ghalābī related to us—a man related to me—from Bishr ibn Manṣūr, who said:
“Faith is too dignified to pursue covetous desires, and one’s food must be equally dignified, kept clear of all that is unlawful.”
١٩٦ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِ أَبِي بِخَطِ يَدِهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ الْغَلَابِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ، عَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ: «إِنَّ الْإِيمَانَ عَفِيفٌ عَنِ الْمَطَامِعِ، وَالْمَطَاعِمَ عَفِيفٌ عَنِ الْمَحَارِمِ»