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ahmad-zuhd:1136 – ʿAbdullāh from my father > Yaʿlá > al-Aʿmash > Shimr b. ʿAṭiyyah > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Kaʿb

[Machine] I wish I were a lamb of my family so they could take me, slaughter me, eat me and feed their guests.  

الزهد لأحمد:١١٣٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شِمْرِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كَبْشُ أَهْلِي فَأَخَذُونِي فَذَبَحُونِي فَأَكَلُوا وَأَطْعَمُوا أَضْيِفَتَهُمْ  

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