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ahmad-zuhd:1635ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "I saw a wound on the hand of Abu Abdullah, so I brought medicine and said, apply this on it. He took it and returned it, so I asked why he returned it. He said, 'You are [more in need of it]'"  

الزهد لأحمد:١٦٣٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ كَانَ هَاهُنَا شَيْخٌ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ عَلَى يَدِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ جَرَبًا فَجِئْتُ بِدَوَاءٍ فَقُلْتُ ضَعْ هَذَا عَلَيْهِ فَأَخَذَهُ فَرَدَّهُ فَقُلْتُ لِمَ رَدَدْتَهُ؟ فَقَالَ أَنْتُمْ