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ahmad-zuhd:1691ʿAbdullāh > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Ayyūb b. Sūwayd > Muʿādh b. Faḍālah

[Machine] Indeed, we find him among the leaders of justice in the month of Rajab, one of the sacred months. Ayoub bin Suwaid explained it to him, saying: "There are three consecutive months, Dhul-Qa'dah, Dhul-Hijjah, and Muharram, and Rajab is separate."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٦٩١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَيُّوبَ بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَقَفَ بِرَاهِبٍ بِالْجَزِيرَةِ فِي صَوْمَعَةٍ لَهُ قَدْ أَتَى عَلَيْهِ فِيهَا عُمْرٌ طَوِيلٌ وَكَانَ يُنْسَبُ إِلَيْهِ عِلْمٌ مِنْ عِلْمِ الْكُتُبِ فَهَبَطَ إِلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يُرَ هَابِطًا إِلَى أَحَدٍ قَبْلَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَتَدْرِي لِمَ هَبَطَ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ لِحَقِّ أَبِيكَ قَالَ

إِنَّا نَجِدُهُ مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الْعَدْلِ بِمَوْضِعِ رَجَبٍ مِنْ أَشْهُرِ الْحُرُمِ قَالَ فَفَسَّرَهُ لَهُ أَيُّوبُ بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ فَقَالَ ثَلَاثَةٌ مُتَوَالِيَةٌ ذُو الْقَعْدَةِ وَذُو الْحَجَّةِ وَالْمُحَرَّمُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ وَرَجَبٌ مُنْفَرِدٌ