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ahmad-zuhd:1342ʿAbdullāh from my father > Yazīd > Abū al-Ashhab > a man > Muṭarrif > Laʾan Abīt Nāʾim And ʾUṣbiḥ Nādim Aḥab Ilay Min

[Machine] "To spend the night standing and wake up fascinated."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٣٤٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو الْأَشْهَبِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ قَالَ «لَأَنْ أَبِيتَ نَائِمًا وَأُصْبِحَ نَادِمًا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ

أَنْ أَبِيتَ قَائِمًا وَأُصْبِحَ مُعْجَبًا»  


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ahmad-zuhd:1357ʿAbdullāh > Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm > Yazīd b. Dīnār > ʿUmar Abū al-Faḍl al-Kindī > Abū al-ʿAlāʾ Akhī Muṭarrif > Muṭarrif Laʾan Uʿāfá Faʾashkur Aḥab Ilay > Ubtalá Faʾaṣbir And Laʾan Abīt Nāʾim Waʾuṣbiḥ Nādim Aḥab Ilay Min

[Machine] "That you stay wakeful during the night and become amazed during the day."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٣٥٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ أَبُو الْفَضْلِ الْكِنْدِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ أَخِي مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ «لَأَنْ أُعَافَى فَأَشْكُرَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أُبْتَلَى فَأَصْبِرَ وَلَأَنْ أَبِيتَ نَائِمًا وَأُصْبِحُ نَادِمًا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ

أَنْ أَبِيتَ قَائِمًا وَأُصْبِحُ مُعْجَبًا»