حدثني محمد، حدثنا عبد الله بن أبي بكر، حدثنا جعفر بن سليمان قال: سمعت حبيبا أبا محمد رحمه الله يقول: لا تقعدوا فارغا، فإن الموت يطلبكم

Ḥabīb Abū Muḥammad (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said:

“Do not sit in idleness, for indeed, death is seeking you.”

• Ibn Abī Dunyā [d. 281H] in Dhamm ad-Dunyā [See, Mawsū’ah ibn Abī Dunyā (3718 (2/450))].
• Abū Nu’aym al-Aṣbahānī [d. 430H] in Ḥilyatul Awliyā’ (6/152-153).

It was also mentioned by ibn al-Jawzi [d. 597H] in Ṣifatuṣ Ṣafwah (2/188), and by adh-Dhahabī [d. 748H] in Mīzān al-I’tidāl (1/457).

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