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ahmad-zuhd:1749ʿAbdullāh from my father > al-Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Abū Bakr > ʿAmr b. Maymūn

[Machine] "By Allah, I truly dislike much of talking and much of silence."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٧٤٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ قَالَ قَدِمَ أَبُو قِلَابَةَ عَلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ فَقَالَ لَهُ حَدِّثْ يَا أَبَا قِلَابَةَ قَالَ

«وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي أَكْرَهُ كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ وَكَثِيرًا مِنَ السُّكُوتِ»