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ahmad-zuhd:2260ʿAbdullāh from my father > Kathīr b. Hishām > Jaʿfar b. Burqān > Maymūn b. Mihrān

[Machine] I did not find anyone in the mosque except for a sheikh that I pointed to, but he did not stand up. Then I said, "Indeed, the Commander of the Believers asked." He said, "Look, do you see anyone from the new Muslims?" He replied, "Indeed, I am not from the new Muslims of the Commander of the Believers." Abdul-Malik said, "That is Saeed bin al-Musayyib, leave him."  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٢٦٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بُرْقَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مَيْمُونُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ بْنَ مَرْوَانَ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ مِنْ قائِلَتِهِ فَقَالَ لِحَاجِبِهِ انْظُرْ هَلْ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ أَحَدٌ مِنْ حُدَّاثِي فَخَرَجَ فَلَمْ يَرَ فِيهِ أَحَدًا إِلَّا سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيِّبِ فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ بِأُصْبُعِهِ فَلَمْ يَتَحَرَّكْ سَعِيدٌ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ أَلَمْ تَرَنِي أُشِيرُ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ وَمَا حَاجَتُكَ قَالَ اسْتَيْقَظَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ انْظُرْ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ أَحَدًا مِنْ حُدَّاثِي فَقَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ إِنِّي لَسْتُ مِنْ حُدَّاثِهِ فَخَرَجَ الْحَاجِبُ فَقَالَ

مَا وَجَدْتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِلَّا شَيْخًا أَشَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَقُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَأَلَ قَالَ انْظُرْ هَلْ تَرَى أَحَدًا مِنْ حُدَّاثِي قَالَ فَإِنِّي لَسْتُ مِنْ حُدَّاثِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ «ذَاكَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ دَعْهُ»