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ahmad-zuhd:1489ʿAbdullāh > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl from Ahl Raʾs al-ʿAyn > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Aʿyan > Zuhayr > Abū Isḥāq

[Machine] I heard Abu Ishaq saying, "Al-Hasan al-Basri used to resemble the companions of Muhammad ﷺ ."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٤٨٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ فُضَيْلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ رَأْسِ الْعَيْنِ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ يَقُولُ كَانَ الْحَسَنُ الْبَصْرِيُّ يُشْبِهُ أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ