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ahmad-zuhd:1352ʿAbdullāh from my father > Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Thābit > Muṭarrif b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] Meeting my brothers is dearer to me than meeting my family. My family calls me "Oh, father! Oh, father!" and my brothers invoke Allah for me with a supplication in which I hope for good.  

الزهد لأحمد:١٣٥٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ الْمُغِيرَةِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ مُطَرِّفِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

لِقَاءُ إِخْوَانِي أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ لِقَاءِ أَهْلِي أَهْلِي يَقُولُونَ يَا أَبِي يَا أَبِي وَإِخْوَانِي يُدْعَوْنَ اللَّهَ لِي بِدَعْوَةٍ أَرْجُو فِيهَا الْخَيْرَ