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ahmad-zuhd:1766ʿAbdullāh from my father > Rawḥ > Hishām > Muḥammad

[Machine] "There is no escape from standing in the night, even if it is the size of milking a sheep."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٧٦٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ

«لَا بُدَّ [248] مِنْ قِيَامِ اللَّيْلِ وَلَوْ قَدْرَ حَلْبِ شَاةٍ»