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884 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; my father narrated to us; Rawḥ narrated to us; Hisham ibn Abi ʿAbd Allah narrated to us, from Qatadah, who said: Ibn Masʿud declared, “Were I placed between Paradise and Hell, and offered the choice between having my deeds accepted and becoming nothing, I would choose to be nothing.”
٨٨٤ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: لَوْ أَنِّي بَيْنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ، فَخُيِّرْتُ بَيْنَ قَبُولِ عَمَلِي وَبَيْنَ أَنْ لَا أَكُونَ شَيْئًا لَاخْتَرْتُ أَنْ لَا أَكُونَ شَيْئًا "