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ahmad-zuhd:1950ʿAbdullāh > Abū Maʿmar > Mubārak b. Saʿīd > Abīh Saʿīd b. Masrūq > Qīl Liʾabī Wāʾil Ant Akbar or al-Rabīʿ b. Khuthaym

[Machine] "I am older than him in age, but he is older than me in intellect."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٩٥٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُبَارَكُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ قِيلَ لِأَبِي وَائِلٍ أَنْتَ أَكْبَرُ أَوِ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ خُثَيْمٍ؟ قَالَ

«أَنَا أَكْبَرُ مِنْهُ سِنًّا وَهُوَ أَكْبَرُ مِنِّي عَقْلًا»