Mujahid on Whims: Guidance to Islam, protection from lowly desires

Al-A’mash reported: Mujahid, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “I do not know which of my two blessings are greater: that I was guided to Islam or that I was protected from whims.”

Source: Sunan al-Dārimī 312

عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ رحمه الله قَالَ مَا أَدْرِي أَيُّ النِّعْمَتَيْنِ عَلَيَّ أَعْظَمُ أَنْ هَدَانِي لِلْإِسْلَامِ أَوْ عَافَانِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَهْوَاءِ

312 سنن الدارمي باب اجتناب أهل الأهواء

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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