al-Zuhd wa Sifat al-Zahidin 62
Abu Said ibn al-Arabi
«قَالَ: كَانَ يُقَالُ: «الْوَرَعُ يَبْلُغُ بِالْعَبْدِ إِلَى الزُّهْدِ فِي الدُّنْيَا، وَالزُّهْدُ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ حُبَّ اللَّهِ»»
Its text does not say these are the Prophet’s words ﷺ, so they are not framed in gold.
The text as printed
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي الدُّنْيَا قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ بَحْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ قَالَ: كَانَ يُقَالُ: «الْوَرَعُ يَبْلُغُ بِالْعَبْدِ إِلَى الزُّهْدِ فِي الدُّنْيَا، وَالزُّهْدُ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ حُبَّ اللَّهِ»
Rulings on it
The early critics’ verdicts on this hadith have not been extracted from their books yet: they are in their texts, and their extraction is coming.
In its editions
- تحقيق مجدي فتحي السيد No. 62 Page