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ahmad-zuhd:1777ʿAbdullāh > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Katab Ilaynā Ḍamrah > Rajāʾ b. Abū Salamah > Yūnus b. ʿAbd Yaṣif al-Ḥasan And Ibn Sīrīn

[Machine] As for Al-Hasan, I have not seen a man closer in word to action than Al-Hasan. And as for Ibn Sirin, he has not encountered any matter in his religion except that he took the most reliable of the two.  

الزهد لأحمد:١٧٧٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ قَالَ كَتَبَ إِلَيْنَا ضَمْرَةُ عَنْ رَجَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يُونُسَ بْنَ عَبْدٍ يَصِفُ الْحَسَنَ وَابْنَ سِيرِينَ قَالَ

أَمَّا [249] الْحَسَنُ فَلَمْ أَرَ رَجُلًا أَقْرَبَ قَوْلًا مِنْ فِعْلٍ مِنَ الْحَسَنِ وَأَمَّا ابْنُ سِيرِينَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يُعْرَضْ لَهُ أَمْرَانِ فِي دِينِهِ إِلَّا أَخَذَ بِأَوْثَقِهِمَا