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ahmad-zuhd:2055ʿAbdullāh > Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm al-Dawraqī > ʿAnbasah b. Saʿīd 286 al-Qurashī > Ibn al-Mubārak > ʿĪsá b. ʿUmar

[Machine] Amr ibn Utbah ibn Farqad used to go out on his horse at night and stand by the graves, saying, "O people of the graves, the records have been folded, the deeds have been raised." Then he would cry and describe what would happen until the morning. Then he would return and witness the dawn prayer.  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٠٥٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ [286] الْقُرَشِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كَانَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ يَخْرُجُ عَلَى فَرَسِهِ لَيْلًا فَيَقِفُ عَلَى الْقُبُورِ فَيَقُولُ «يَا أَهْلَ الْقُبُورِ لَقَدْ طُوِيَتِ الصُّحُفُ لَقَدْ رُفِعَتِ الْأَعْمَالُ ثُمَّ يَبْكِي ثُمَّ يَصُفُّ بَيْنَ قَدَمَيْهِ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ فَيَرْجِعَ فَيَشْهَدَ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ»  


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nasai-kubra:11865Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > ʿĪsá b. ʿUmar

[Machine] Amr bin Utbah bin Farqad used to go out on his horse at night and stand by the graves, then he would say, "O people of the graves, have the scrolls been folded? Have the deeds been lifted up?" Then he would cry and then lie down between his legs until morning, then he would return and witness the Fajr prayer.  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٨٦٥عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كَانَ عَمْرو بْنُ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ يَخْرُجُ عَلَى فَرَسِهِ لَيْلًا فَيَقِفُ عَلَى الْقُبُورِ فَيَقُولُ يَا أَهْلَ الْقُبُورِ أَقَدْ طُوِيَتِ الصُّحُفُ؟ أَقَدْ رُفِعَتِ الْأَعْمَالُ؟ ثُمَّ يَبْكِي ثُمَّ يُصْفِنُ بَيْن قَدَمَيْهِ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ فَيَرْجِعَ فَيَشْهَدَ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ