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ahmad-zuhd:1176ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Abū Ghaylān

[Machine] "Mutharrif ibn Al-Shekhir used to say, 'O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the trials of authority and the evil that their pens may produce.'"  

الزهد لأحمد:١١٧٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِي غَيْلَانَ قَالَ

كَانَ مُطَرِّفُ بْنُ الشِّخِّيرِ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ السُّلْطَانِ وَشَرِّ مَا تَجْرِي بِهِ أَقْلَامُهُمْ