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ahmad-zuhd:1695ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān b. Wakīʿ > Ibn ʿUyaynah > al-Mājishūn

[Machine] "That lying harms its people."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٦٩٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَكِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الْمَاجِشُونِ قَالَ كَلَّمَ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْوَلِيدَ فِي شَيْءٍ فَقَالَ كَذَبْتَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ «مَا كَذَبْتُ مُنْذُ عَلِمْتُ

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