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[Machine] The passage in English is: The Spring said, "Oh Bakr, control your tongue, for I have blamed people because of my religion."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٩٤٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا مُبَارَكُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ مَاعِزٍ قَالَ

كَانَ الرَّبِيعُ يَقُولُ «يَا بَكْرُ أَخْزِنْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَانَكَ فَإِنِّي اتَّهَمْتُ النَّاسَ عَلَى دِينِي»