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ahmad-zuhd:1425ʿAbdullāh from my father > Muḥammad b. Muṣʿab / Hadhā > Makhlad b. al-Ḥusayn Dhakar > al-ʿAlāʾ b. Ziyād

[Machine] "Has Satan found anyone to mock other than me and you?"  

الزهد لأحمد:١٤٢٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ يَعْنِي هَذَا قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَخْلَدَ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ ذَكَرَ أَنَّ الْعَلَاءَ بْنَ زِيَادٍ قَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ وَيْحَكَ رَأَيْتُكَ كَأَنَّكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ

«أَمَا وَجَدَ الشَّيْطَانُ أَحَدًا يَسْخَرُ بِهِ غَيْرِي وَغَيْرَكَ»