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ahmad-zuhd:1495ʿAbdullāh > Hārūn b. Maʿrūf > Ḍamrah > Ibn Shawdhab

[Machine] Al-Hasan and Farqad met at a banquet with a man who was voracious. The people held their hands and allowed the man to eat. Farqad said to him, "O such and such, condition after condition and no action!" Al-Hasan became angry and approached him, saying, "What is wrong with you? Did Allah do something to you? It has reached me that you say, 'I wish the ashes were our food, Allah made it your food.'"  

الزهد لأحمد:١٤٩٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ حَدَّثَنَا ضَمْرَةُ عَنِ ابْنِ شَوْذَبٍ قَالَ

اجْتَمَعَ الْحَسَنُ وَفَرْقَدٌ السِّنْجِيُّ فِي وَلِيمَةٍ عَلَى مَائِدَةٍ وَمَعَهُمْ رَجُلٌ أَكُولٌ فَأَمْسَكَ الْقَوْمُ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَجَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ يَأْكُلُ فَقَالَ لَهُ فَرْقَدٌ يَا فُلَانُ شَرْطًا شَرْطًا وَلَا عَمَلَ فَغَضِبَ الْحَسَنُ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ فَعَلَ اللَّهُ بِكَ وَقِيلَ أَلَا تَدْعُ الرَّجُلَ يَأْكُلُ قَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ «وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ الرَّمَادَ كَانَ لَنَا قُوتًا جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ لَكَ قُوتًا»