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ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; my father narrated to us; ʿAli ibn ʿAyyash narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Mutarrif narrated to us; Abu Hazim narrated to us, from ʿAwn ibn ʿAbd Allah, from Ibn Masʿud, who said:
“The likeness of the child of Adam is that of a thing hurled down between the Hands of Allah and Satan. If Allah has any concern for him, He snatches him away from Satan; but if Allah has no concern for him, He leaves him to Satan.”
٨٤٤ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُطَرِّفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ، عَنْ عَوْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ ابْنِ آدَمَ كَالشَّيْءِ الْمُلْقَى بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ – Exalté soit-Il – وَبَيْنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، فَإِنْ كَانَ لِلَّهِ فِيهِ حَاجَةٌ حَازَهُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِلَّهِ فِيهِ حَاجَةٌ خَلَّى بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الشَّيْطَانِ "