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ahmad-zuhd:1337ʿAbdullāh > ʿAlī b. Muslim > Sayyār > Ḥammād b. Zayd from my father > Raʾá Muṭarrif b. ʿAbdullāh a man Akhadh Qabḍah from Ḥāʾiṭ > Araʾayt Law

[Machine] "That whoever passed by would take a grip, wasn't he going to the wall of the people?"  

الزهد لأحمد:١٣٣٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ رَأَى مُطَرِّفُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَجُلًا أَخَذَ قَبْضَةً مِنْ حَائِطٍ قَالَ «أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ

أَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ مَرَّ أَخَذَ قَبْضَةً أَلَيْسَ كَانَ يَذْهَبُ حَائِطُ الْقَوْمِ؟»