سَمِعْتُ مَیْمُونَ بْنَ مِھْرَانَ ، قَالَ: کُنْتُ عِنْدَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَسَأَلَہُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ : أَخَذْتُ قَمْلَۃً فَأَلْقَیْتُھَا ثُمَّ طَلَبْتُھَا فَلَمْ أَجِدْھَا۔ فَقَالَ: ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ : تَلْکَ ضَالَّۃٌ لا تُبْتَغَی۔
مسند امام شافی · Hadith 913
I heard Maimon ibn Mahran, he said: I was with Ibn Abbas and asked a man. He said: I took a lice, and he gave up. He said: Ibn Abbas: That is lost, that you do not seek.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020