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ahmad-zuhd:1173ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr > Sharīk > ʿĀṣim > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAlqamah > Qīl Lah Alā Taquṣ ʿAlaynā > Innī Laʾakrah

[Machine] I command you to do what I do not do.  

الزهد لأحمد:١١٧٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ قَالَ قِيلَ لَهُ أَلَا تَقُصُّ عَلَيْنَا قَالَ إِنِّي لَأَكْرَهُ

أَنْ آمُرَكُمْ بِمَا لَا أَفْعَلُ  

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