Aqwāl17 October 2022 · 21 Rabīʿ I 1444 AH
Aḥmad bin Ḥafṣ on earning through lawful means
Aḥmad bin Ḥafṣ [d. 258H] (may Allāh have mercy upon him) relates about Ismā’īl’s death: I visited Abul-Ḥasan (Ismā’īl), the father of Abū ‘Abdullāh (al-Bukhārī) [d. 256H], when he was dying, and he said: ‘I know of no dirham from my wealth that was earned through unlawful means, nor of any dirham (from my wealth)...