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Ziyad would also say to us, “Ask Allah, for He becomes angry with those who do not ask Him.” A man would come to Ziyad ibn Hudayr and say, “I intend to travel to such-and-such a district,” and he would reply, “Break up your journey with the remembrance of Allah—Exalted is He.”
وَكَانَ زِيَادٌ يَقُولُ لَنَا: سَلُوا اللَّهَ فَإِنَّهُ يَغْضَبُ عَلَى مَنْ لَمْ يَسْأَلْهُ، وَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَأْتِي زِيَادَ بْنَ حُدَيْرٍ فَيَقُولُ: إِنِّي أُرِيدُ رِسْتَاقَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَيَقُولُ: اقْطَعْ طَرِيقَكَ بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ – Exalté soit-Il – "