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ahmad-zuhd:219ʿAbdullāh > Bī > Sayyār > Jaʿfar > Mālik > Balaghanā > Sulaymān b. Dāwud

[Machine] "O my son, walk behind lions and predators, and do not walk behind a woman."  

الزهد لأحمد:٢١٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أبِي حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ قَالَ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ دَاوُدَ قَالَ

لِابْنِهِ يَا بُنَيَّ امْشِ وَرَاءَ الْأَسَدِ وَالْأُسُودِ وَلَا تَمْشِ وَرَاءَ امْرَأَةٍ