Abū Al-Dardā` once wrote to Salmān Al-Fārsī:
Come to the Holy Land. [Salmān] wrote back, “Verily, the land does not make anyone holy; it is the deeds of a man that make him pure.” Al-Dhahabī, SIyar A’lām Al-Nubalā 1:549.
Al-Dhahabī, SIyar A’lām Al-Nubalā 1:549.
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