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ahmad-zuhd:2257ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAffān > Sallām b. Miskīn > ʿImrān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ṭalḥah

[Machine] "I see that the soul of Sa'id bin al-Musayyib considered itself lighter in the sight of Allah than the wing of a fly."  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٢٥٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَّامُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ قَالَ

«أَرَى نَفْسَ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ كَانَتْ أَهْوَنَ عَلَيْهِ فِي ذَاتِ اللَّهِ مِنْ نَفْسِ ذُبَابَةٍ»