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ahmad-zuhd:1862ʿAbdullāh from my father > Sayyār > Jaʿfar > Mālik b. Dīnār And Qīl Lah Yā Abū Yaḥyá Law Layyant Kalāmak Kathurat Ghāshiyatuk Waʾaṣḥābuk

[Machine] "Where is my tablecloth? Where is my dish broken? Sons, whom Allah did not bless me with."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٨٦٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ دِينَارٍ وَقِيلَ لَهُ يَا أَبَا يَحْيَى لَوْ لَيَّنْتَ كَلَامَكَ كَثُرَتْ غَاشِيَتُكَ وَأَصْحَابُكَ فَقَالَ

«أَيَنْقَطِعُ مَائِدَتِي؟ أَيْنَكَسِرُ خَرَاجِي؟ أَبْنَاءٌ لَا جَاءَ اللَّهُ بِهِمْ»