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ahmad-zuhd:1888ʿAbdullāh from my father > Yaḥyá b. Bukayr > ʿAbbād b. al-Walīd al-Qurashī al-Baṣrī > Mālik b. Dīnār Lawlā

[Machine] That people say that Malik is crazy because I wear makeup and put ashes on my head, I call out to people who see me to not disobey Allah.  

الزهد لأحمد:١٨٨٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْقُرَشِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ قَالَ قَالَ مَالِكُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ «لَوْلَا

أَنْ يَقُولَ النَّاسُ جُنَّ مَالِكٌ لَلَبِسْتُ الْمُسُوحَ وَوَضَعْتُ الرَّمَادَ عَلَى رَأْسِي أُنَادِي فِي النَّاسِ مَنْ رَآنِي فَلَا يَعْصِيَنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ»