Saying worry about yourself on saying Fear Allah

Who would have thought I'd have lived to witness this statement in reality.

The great Sahābī 'Abdullāh Ibn Mas'ūd رضي الله عنه said:

"مِنْ أَكْبَرِ الذَّنْبِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَنْ يَقُولَ الرَّجُلُ لِلرَّجُلِ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ ، فَيَقُولُ : عَلَيْكَ بِنَفْسِكَ"

"From the greatest of sins with Allāh is when a man says to his brother, 'Fear Allāh,' and he replies: Worry about yourself."

[Reported by al-Daynūri in al-Mujālasah 2/448]

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