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ahmad-zuhd:1153ʿAbdullāh from my father > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm b. ʿUlayyah > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl

[Machine] She loves to see you, so if she is sincere, then provide that for her. And if she dislikes it, Isma'il said, "carry it on her" and he said once, "provide that for her even if she dislikes it". And feed seven lions and birds with my flesh. So he set off into a mountain and entered a wall. The enemy spotted them, so they came and grabbed them from a gap in the wall. The lion descended from a horse and attacked it until it surrendered and retreated. Then he went to the water, made ablution, and prayed. He said, "The Persians say, this is how the Arabs surrender when they surrender, then they advance and fight until they are killed. May Allah have mercy on him." He said, "Then the bones of the army passed by that wall. His brother said to him, 'If you had entered and seen what remains of your brother's bones and flesh.' He said, 'No, my brother called to me with a call, so I responded to it. So I do not turn away from any of that.'"  

الزهد لأحمد:١١٥٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عُلَيَّةَ أَخْبَرَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ قَالَ كَانَ مِنَّا رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ الْأَسْوَدَ بْنَ كُلْثُومٍ وَكَانَ إِذَا مَشَى لَا يُجَاوِزُ بَصَرُهُ قَدَمَهُ وَكَانَ يَمُرُّ وَفِي الْجُدُرِ يَوْمَئِذٍ قَصْرٌ بِالنِّسْوَةِ وَلَعَلَّ إِحْدَاهُنَّ تَكُونُ وَاضِعًا يَعْنِي ثَوْبَهَا أَوْ خِمَارَهَا فَإِذَا رَأَيْنَهُ رَاعَهُنَّ ثُمَّ يَقُلْنَ كَلَّا إِنَّهُ أَسْوَدُ بْنُ كُلْثُومٍ فَلَمَّا قَرُبَ غَازِيًا قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ نَفْسِي هَذِهِ تَزْعُمُ فِي الرَّخَاءِ

أَنَّهَا تُحِبُّ لِقَاءَكَ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ صَادِقَةً فَارْزُقْهَا ذَلِكَ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ كَارِهَةً قَالَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ فَاحْمِلْهَا عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً فَارْزُقْهَا ذَلِكَ وَإِنْ كَرِهَتْ وَأَطْعِمْ لَحْمِي سِبَاعًا وَطَيْرًا فَانْطَلَقَ فِي جَبَلٍ فَدَخَلُوا حَائِطًا فَنَذَرَ بِهِمُ الْعَدُوُّ فَجَاءُوا فَأَخَذُوا بِثَلْمَةٍ فِي الْحَائِطِ فَنَزَلَ الْأَسْوَدُ عَنْ فَرَسٍ فَضَرَبَهَا حَتَّى غَارَتْ فَخَرَجَتْ وَأَتَى الْمَاءَ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ وَصَلَّى قَالَ يَقُولُ الْعَجَمُ هَكَذَا اسْتِسْلَامُ الْعَرَبِ إِذَا اسْتَسْلَمُوا ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ فَمَرَّ عِظَمُ الْجَيْشِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِذَلِكَ الْحَائِطِ فَقِيلَ لِأَخِيهِ لَوْ دَخَلْتَ فَنَظَرْتَ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ عِظَامِ أَخِيكَ وَلَحْمِهِ قَالَ لَا دَعَا أَخِي بِدُعَاءٍ فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ فَلَسْتُ أَعْرِضُ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ