Awza’i on Sunnah: Brotherhood, Halal money, Sunnah to become rare

Al-Mu’afi ibn ‘Imran reported: Al-Awza’i, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “A time will come to people in which the rarest thing of that era will be a friendly brother, or a lawfully-earned coin, or a practice from the Sunnah.”

Source: Ḥilyat al-Awliyā’ 12995

عَنْ الْمُعَافَى بْن عِمْرَانَ عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ رحمه الله قَالَ يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ أَقَلُّ شَيْءٍ فِي ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ أَخٌ مُؤْنِسٌ أَوْ دِرْهَمٌ مِنْ حَلالٍ أَوْ عَمَلٌ فِي سُنَّةٍ

12995 حلية الأولياء لأبي نعيم

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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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