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ahmad-zuhd:22ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] I heard Al-Hasan say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to command that food be brought to him, and then he would throw it on the ground and say, 'I am only a servant, I eat as a servant eats and I sit as a servant sits.'"  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أُتِيَ بِطَعَامٍ أَمَرَ بِهِ فَأُلْقِيَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَقَالَ «إِنَّمَا أَنَا عَبْدٌ آكُلُ كَمَا يَأْكُلُ الْعَبْدُ وَأَجْلِسُ كَمَا يَجْلِسُ الْعَبْدُ»  


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suyuti:26a
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السيوطي:٢٦a

"آكلُ كَمَا يَأكلُ الْعَبْدُ وَأَجْلِسُ كَمَا يَجْلِسُ العبدُ، فإِنَّما أنا عَبْدٌ ".  

ابن سعد، [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان عن يحيى بن أبى كثير مرسلا، رواه ابن سعد بسند حسن