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ahmad-zuhd:1790ʿAbdullāh from my father > Yaḥyá b. Abū Bukayr > Mahdī > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Aʿras Ibn Ukht Lanā Faṣanaʿ Ṭaʿām

[Machine] Ibn Sirin was a man from the companions of Muhammad ﷺ who would endure days without eating. When he found a piece of skin, he would cut it into strips and if he did not find a nerve on his stomach, he would use a stone.  

الزهد لأحمد:١٧٩٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيٌّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ أَعْرَسَ ابْنُ أُخْتٍ لَنَا فَصَنَعَ طَعَامًا فَقَالَ

ابْنُ سِيرِينَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ يَمْكُثُ أَيَّامًا لَا يَأْكُلُ فَإِذَا وَجَدَ جِلْدَةً اجْتَزَأَ بِهَا فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ عَصَبَ عَلَى بَطْنِهِ حَجَرًا