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ahmad-zuhd:2105ʿAbdullāh > al-Ṣalt b. Masʿūd al-Jaḥdarī > Yaḥyá b. ʿĪsá al-Ramlī > al-Aʿmash

[Machine] When Ibrahim At-Taymi would prostrate, birds would come and peck on his back as if it were a wall.  

الزهد لأحمد:٢١٠٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا الصَّلْتُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عِيسَى الرَّمْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ قَالَ

كَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ التَّيْمِيُّ إِذَا سَجَدَ تَجِيءُ الْعَصَافِيرُ تَنْقُرُ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ كَأَنَّهُ جِذْمُ حَائِطٍ