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ahmad-zuhd:1297 – ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAffān > Ḥammād > Shaykh from Banī Tamīm

[Machine] Al-Ahnaf ibn Qais said, "Indeed, fear of the response often prevents me from speaking too much."

الزهد لأحمد:١٢٩٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْخٌ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ قَالَ

قَالَ الْأَحْنَفُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ «إِنَّهُ لَيَمْنَعُنِي كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْكَلَامِ مَخَافَةُ الْجَوَابِ»

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nasai-kubra:11863 – Sūwayd > ʿAbdullāh > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Rajāʾ Abū al-Miqdām from Ahl al-Ramlah > Nuʿaym b. ʿAbdullāh Kātib ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz

[Machine] "It prevents me from speaking too much out of fear of showing off."

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٨٦٣ – عَنْ سُوَيْد عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ رَجَاءَ أَبِي الْمِقْدَامِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الرَّمْلَةِ عَنْ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ كَاتِبِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ قَالَ

«إِنَّهُ لَيَمْنَعُنِي مِنْ كَثِيرِ الْكَلَامِ مَخَافَةُ الْمُبَاهَاةِ»