Sunan Ibn Majah 256

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad and Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad al-Muḥāribī narrated to us: ʿAmmār ibn Sayf narrated to us, from Abū Muʿādh al-Baṣrī. And ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: Isḥāq ibn Manṣūr narrated to us, from ʿAmmār ibn Sayf, from Abū Muʿādh, from Ibn Sīrīn, from Abū Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Seek refuge in God from the pit of grief.” They said, “Messenger of God, what is the pit of grief?” He said: “A valley in Hell from which Hell itself seeks refuge four hundred times every day.” They said, “Messenger of God, who will enter it?” He said: “It has been prepared for Quran reciters who show off through their deeds. Among the most hated reciters to God are those who visit rulers.” Al-Muḥāribī said: “The tyrannical ones.” Abū al-Ḥasan said: Ḥāzim ibn Yaḥyā narrated to us: Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah and Muḥammad ibn Numayr said: Ibn Numayr narrated to us, from Muʿāwiyah al-Naṣrī, who was trustworthy; then he mentioned a report with similar wording through its chain. Ibrāhīm ibn Naṣr narrated to us: Abū Ghassān Mālik ibn Ismāʿīl narrated to us: ʿAmmār ibn Sayf narrated to us, from Abū Muʿādh. Mālik ibn Ismāʿīl said: ʿAmmār said, “I do not know whether it was Muḥammad or Anas ibn Sīrīn.”