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ahmad-zuhd:1530ʿAbdullāh > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī > Abū Aḥmad al-Zubayrī > Sufyān al-Thawrī > Lā Yuqtadá Biman Lah ʿIyālʾanbaʾanā ʿAbdullāh > Aḥmad > Muslim > al-Sarī b. Yaḥyá

[Machine] I heard Sufyan ath-Thawri saying, "One should not follow someone who has dependents."

Abdullah informed us, Ahmad told me, Muslim told us, As-Sarri bin Yahya said: Al-Hasan used to fast on the days of the white nights, the months of hajj, and on Mondays and Thursdays.  

الزهد لأحمد:١٥٣٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيَّ يَقُولُ «لَا يُقْتَدَى بِمَنْ لَهُ عِيَالٌ»

أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ، حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمٌ، حَدَّثَنَا السَّرِيُّ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ: كَانَ الْحَسَنُ يَصُومُ مِنَ السَّنَةِ أَيَّامَ الْبِيضِ وَأَشْهُرَ الْحُرُمِ وَالِاثْنَيْنِ وَالْخَمِيسَ