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ahmad-zuhd:1600ʿAbdullāh > Bayān b. al-Ḥakam > Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. Ḥātim > 227 al-Bashīr b. al-Ḥārith > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Hishām > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] "They were hoping, on the night of redemption, for an expiation of what has passed of sins."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٦٠٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا بَيَانُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا [227] الْبَشِيرُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَنْبَأَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ

«كَانُوا يَرْجُونَ فِي حِمَى لَيْلَةٍ كَفَّارَةً لِمَا سَلَفَ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ»