Please mention the Arabic text and reference for this narration:
Fudayl ibn ‘Iyad (rahimahullah) said:
“Humility is subjecting to what is right [the haqq] and submitting to/following it. If you hear it [haqq] from a child, you accept it, or even if you hear it from the most ignorant of people, you still accept it.” (Ibn Abid Dunya)
Answer:
Imams Abu Bakr ibn Abid Dunya and Abu Nu’aym (rahimahumallah) have recorded this statement of Fudayl ibn ‘Iyad (rahimahullah).
(At Tawadu’ Wal Khumul: 88, Hilyatul Awliya, vol. 8 pg. 91)
Arabic text
حدثنا إبراهيم بن الأشعث قال: سألت الفضيل عن التواضع قال: التواضع أن تخضع للحق وتنقاد له ولو سمعته من صبي قبلته منه ولو سمعته من أجهل الناس قبلته منه
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar
