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ahmad-zuhd:1295ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAffān > ʿArʿarah b. al-Birind > Ibn ʿAwn > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] Al-Ahnaf bin Qais said, "I am not patient, but I pretend to be."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٢٩٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَرْعَرَةُ بْنُ الْبِرِنْدِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ

قَالَ الْأَحْنَفُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ «إِنِّي لَسْتُ بِحَلِيمٍ وَلَكِنِّي أَتَحَلَّمُ»