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ahmad-zuhd:1851ʿAbdullāh > Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. al-Faraj a freed slave of Banī Hāshim

[Machine] "To be in the same position with Allah as Abu Sawaar Al-Adawi, and you don't narrate it? I said, yes. He said, then indeed he holds that position with Allah."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٨٥١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ قَالَ لَمَّا نَزَلَ بِأَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ وَالْجَوْرِ يَعْنِي الْحَبْسَ وَالضَّرْبَ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مُصِيبَةٌ فَأُتِيتُ فِي مَنَامِي فَقِيلَ لِي أَمَا تَرْضَى

أَنْ يَكُونَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ بِمَنْزِلَةِ أَبِي سَوَّارٍ الْعَدَوِيِّ وَلَسْتَ تَرْوِيهِ؟ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ بِتِلْكَ الْمَنْزِلَةِ