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ahmad-zuhd:1652ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Abū al-Ashhab > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] "We were in a people who hide their tongues and spread their papers, then we remained in a people who hide their papers and expend their tongues."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٦٥٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَشْهَبِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ

«كُنَّا فِي قَوْمٍ يَخْزُنُونَ أَلْسِنَتَهُمْ وَيَنْشُرُونَ أَوْرَاقَهُمْ ثُمَّ بَقِينَا فِي قَوْمٍ يَخْزُنُونَ أَوْرَاقَهُمْ وَيَبْذُلُونَ أَلْسِنَتَهُمْ»