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ahmad-zuhd:1294ʿAbdullāh from my father > Ismāʿīl > Yūnus > a freed slave of al-Aḥnaf b. Qays

[Machine] Al-Ahnaf hardly ever did anything except invite people to the Quran.  

الزهد لأحمد:١٢٩٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَنْبَأَنَا يُونُسُ أَخْبَرَنِي مَوْلَى الْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ الْأَحْنَفُ قَلَّمَا خَلَا إِلَّا دَعَا بِالْمُصْحَفِ»