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ahmad-zuhd:2208ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Dāwud b. Ibrāhīm

[Machine] That the lion trapped people overnight on a road, so the people hit each other. When morning came, the lion left, and the people spread out in all directions. They threw themselves down and slept. Then a peacock stood up to pray. A man said to the peacock, "You have been plotting since last night." The peacock replied, "Who sleeps during the night?"  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٢٠٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنْبَأَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

أَنَّ الْأَسَدَ حَبَسَ النَّاسَ لَيْلَةً فِي طَرِيقٍ فَدَقَّ النَّاسُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي السَّحَرِ ذَهَبَ عَنْهُمْ فَنَزَلَ النَّاسُ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا فَأَلْقَوْا أَنْفُسَهُمْ فَنَامُوا وَقَامَ طَاوُسٌ يُصَلِّي فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ لِطَاوُسٍ فَإِنَّكَ قَدْ نَصَبْتَ مُنْذُ اللَّيْلَةِ فَقَالَ طَاوُسٌ «وَمَنْ يَنَامُ فِي السَّحَرِ»