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ahmad-zuhd:2009ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > ʿArabī > a man Lā Aʿlamuh Illā Saʿīd al-Azraq > Muḥammad b. Wāsiʿ > Raʾá Ūways a man Yuṣallī Yaqūm And Yaqʿud > Mā Lak > Aqūm Fayajīʾ al-Shayṭān

[AI] Uways saw a man praying, standing and sitting. He said, “What is the matter with you?” He replied, “I stand to pray, then Satan comes and says, ‘You are showing off, so sit down.’ Then my soul urges me back to prayer, so I stand up again, and he says, ‘You are showing off, so sit down.’” He said, “If you were alone, would you pray this prayer?” He replied, “Yes.” He said, “Then pray, for you are not showing off.”

الزهد لأحمد:٢٠٠٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَرَبِيٍّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ لَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا سَعِيدًا الْأَزْرَقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ وَاسِعٍ قَالَ

رَأَى أُوَيْسٌ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي يَقُومُ وَيَقْعُدُ قَالَ مَا لَكَ؟ قَالَ أَقُومُ فَيَجِيءُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَيَقُولُ إِنَّكَ تُرَائِي فَاجْلِسْ ثُمَّ تُنَازِعُنِي نَفْسِي إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَأَقُومُ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ إِنَّكَ تُرَائِي فَاجْلِسْ فَقَالَ لَوْ خَلَوْتَ كُنْتَ تُصَلِّي هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ صَلِّ فَلَسْتَ تُرَائِي

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