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ahmad-zuhd:1244ʿAbdullāh from my father > Abū al-Walīd Khalaf b. al-Walīd > ʿAbbād b. ʿAbbād > Yūnus b. ʿUbayd > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] Some people would come and recite to him until the sun rises and the prayer becomes possible for him. He would then stand to pray until midday, then return to his house. It would be said, and he would return to the mosque when the sun sets and pray until he prays Dhuhr. Then he would pray until he prays Asr, and when he prays Asr, he would move to the side of the mosque and say "Who would recite?" It would be said, and they would come and recite to him until the sun sets. He would then pray Maghrib, and then he would pray the final Isha prayer. Then he would return to his house and eat two loaves of bread, then he would take a short nap and then he would wake up. When it was the time of Sahar, he would eat his other loaf of bread and drink a sip of water. Then he would go out to the mosque. Khalaf said, and one of our companions told us that Mansour bin Zadhan used to do all of this, and he would excel especially, not spending every night until his turban was soaked with his tears, then he would put it  

الزهد لأحمد:١٢٤٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ خَلَفُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ كَانَ عَامِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ قَيْسٍ إِذَا صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ تَنَحَّى فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ مَنْ أُقْرِئُهُ؟ قَالَ

فَيَأْتِي قَوْمٌ فَيُقْرِئُهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَأَمْكَنَتِ الصَّلَاةُ قَامَ يُصَلِّي إِلَى أَنْ يَنْتَصِفَ النَّهَارُ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ فَيَقِيلُ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَيُصَلِّي حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ الظُّهْرَ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ الْعَصْرَ فَإِذَا صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ تَنَحَّى فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ مَنْ أُقْرِئُهُ؟ قَالَ فَيَأْتِيهِ قَوْمٌ فَيُقْرِئُهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ فَيَتَنَاوَلُ أَحَدَ رَغِيفَيْهِ فَيَأْكُلُ ثُمَّ يَضْطَجِعُ هَجْعَةً خَفِيفَةً ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَإِذَا كَانَ السَّحَرُ تَنَاوَلَ رَغِيفَهُ الْآخَرَ فَيَأْكُلُهُ ثُمَّ يَشْرَبُ عَلَيْهِ شَرْبَةً مِنْ مَاءٍ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ قَالَ خَلَفٌ وَحَدَّثَنِي بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالَ كَانَ مَنْصُورُ بْنُ زَاذَانَ يَفْعَلُ هَذَا كُلَّهُ وَيَفْضُلُ بِخَاصَّةٍ لَا يَبِيتُ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ حَتَّى تُبَلَّ عِمَامَتُهُ بِدُمُوعِهِ ثُمَّ يَضَعَهَا