عبد الله بن المغيرة عن إسماعيل أبى زيادة يرفع الحديث إلى أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام قال: قيل له: ما الزهد في الدنيا؟ قال: حرامها فتكتبه.
[1]This report is found in many other sources with slight variance in wording. It is aimed at dismissing the idea that zuhd entails keeping away from the things that Allah has permitted of this world, such as marriage, trade, etc. which some believers sought to abandon under the guise of asceticism.