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ahmad-zuhd:1937ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. ʿAlī > Saʿīd b. ʿAbdullāh > Nusayr > Bakr

[Machine] The spring said to its servant, "Half of the work is on me and half is on you, and I am responsible for sweeping the floor."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٩٣٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ نُسَيْرٍ عَنْ بَكْرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ الرَّبِيعُ يَقُولُ لِخَادِمِهِ «عَلَيَّ نِصْفُ الْعَمَلِ وَعَلَيْكَ نِصْفٌ وَعَلَيَّ كَنْسُ الْحُشِّ»  

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