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ahmad-zuhd:1820ʿAbdullāh > Ukhbirt > Sayyār > Jaʿfar > Thābit

[Machine] We used to sit with Abu Uthman al-Nahdi, and he would remind us and supplicate to Allah. Then he would say, "Our supplications have been answered, and we have been forgiven," and then he would remain silent for a while. Then he would say, "If only we were truthful."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٨٢٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ أُخْبِرْتُ عَنْ سَيَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا نَجْلِسُ إِلَى أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ فَيُذَكِّرُنَا وَيَدْعُو ثُمَّ يَقُولُ قَدِ اسْتُجِيبَ قَدْ غُفِرَ لَنَا ثُمَّ يَسْكُتُ سَكْتَةً ثُمَّ يَقُولُ «إِنْ كُنَّا صَادِقِينَ»