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ahmad-zuhd:1132ʿAbdullāh from my father > Sufyān

[Machine] Al-Hasan, may Allah have mercy on him, used to say, "We have not seen anyone better than him, meaning Uthman ibn Abu Al-Aas."  

الزهد لأحمد:١١٣٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ

كَانَ الْحَسَنُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ يَقُولُ مَا [167] رَأَيْنَا أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ يَعْنِي عُثْمَانَ بْنَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ