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ahmad-zuhd:2160 – ʿAbdullāh from my father > Muḥammad b. Sābiq > Mālik b. Mighwal > Abū Ḍamrah > Ziyād b. Ḥudayr

[Machine] "I wish I were in a secluded place made of iron where I am alone without having to speak to people, and they do not speak to me until I meet Allah."

الزهد لأحمد:٢١٦٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَابِقٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ أَبِي ضَمْرَةَ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ حُدَيْرٍ قَالَ

«لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي فِي حَيْرٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ مَعِي فِيهِ مَا يُصْلِحُنِي لَا أُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ وَلَا يُكَلِّمُونِي حَتَّى أَلْقَى اللَّهَ ﷻ»

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ahmad:7997 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Yaʿqūb b. ʿAbdullāh al-Qummī > Ḥafṣ b. Ḥumayd

[Machine] Ziyad ibn Hudayr, I wished that I was in a space made of iron, which would render me incapable of speaking to people and them speaking to me.

أحمد:٧٩٩٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْقُمِّيِّ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ قَالَ

زِيَادُ بْنُ حُدَيْرٍ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي فِي حَيِّزٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ مَعِي مَا يُصْلِحُنِي لَا أُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ وَلَا يُكَلِّمُونِي