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ahmad-zuhd:1744ʿAbdullāh from my father > Abū Kāmil > Ḥammād > Shuʿayb > Abū al-ʿĀliyah

[Machine] "When you enter a people's place, and they cast a cushion for you, then sit wherever you are thrown a cushion, for indeed the people know best about their own household."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٧٤٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ قَالَ

«إِذَا دَخَلْتَ عَلَى قَوْمٍ فَأَلْقَوْا إِلَيْكَ فَاجْلِسْ بِحَيْثُ أُلْقِيَ لَكَ الْوِسَادَةُ فَإِنَّ الْقَوْمَ أَعْلَمُ بِبَيْتِهِمْ»