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ahmad-zuhd:1303ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Malik > ʿĀrim Abū al-Nuʿmān > Saʿīd b. Zayd from my father > Qīl Lilʾaḥnaf b. Qays Innak Shaykh Kabīr And ʾIn al-Ṣiyām Yuḍʿifuk

[Machine] "I count it as a long-lasting evil."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٣٠٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ حَدَّثَنَا عَارِمٌ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ قِيلَ لِلْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ إِنَّكَ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ وَإِنَّ الصِّيَامَ يُضْعِفُكَ قَالَ

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