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ahmad-zuhd:1305ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Bakkār > ʿAṭṭāf b. Khālid > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Qarīb > Qīl Lilʾaḥnaf b. Qays Yā Abū Baḥr Mā Raʾaynā a man Ashad Anāh Mink

[Machine] A hastiness was known from me in three matters. They said, "What are they?" He said, "Prayer when it is time to be performed until I fulfill it, the engagement of a woman until I have married her, and a funeral when it is deceased until I have buried it in its grave."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٣٠٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَطَّافُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ قَرِيبٍ قَالَ قِيلَ لِلْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ يَا أَبَا بَحْرٍ مَا رَأَيْنَا رَجُلًا أَشَدَّ أَنَاةً مِنْكَ قَالَ

قَدْ عُرِفَتْ مِنِّي عَجَلَةٌ فِي أُمُورٍ ثَلَاثَةٍ قَالُوا مَا هِيَ؟ قَالَ الصَّلَاةُ إِذَا حَضَرَتْ حَتَّى أُؤَدِّيَهَا وَالْأَيِّمُ إِذَا خَطَبَهَا كُفْؤُهَا حَتَّى أُزَوِّجَهَا وَجِنَازَةٌ إِذَا تُوُفِّيَتْ حَتَّى أُلْحِقَهَا بِحُفْرَتِهَا