: Abandoning anything that distracts from the remembrance of Allah. or a deeper look into the biography of Imam Ahmad الزهد - az-Zuhd of Imaam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal - Calaméo

The scholar then handed Amir a rare, printed edition of "Kitab Az-Zuhd". Amir was overjoyed and spent the rest of the day reading and discussing the book with the scholar.

"Yesterday, you thought I had nothing," Elias said. "But today, we have exactly the same. The difference is, I didn't have to watch my world burn to find contentment."

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