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ahmad-zuhd:273ʿAbdullāh > Aḥmad b. Jamīl > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Jaʿfar b. Ḥayyān / Abū al-Ashhab > Qatādah

[Machine] Luqman said, "Indeed, evil begets evil."  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٧٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَمِيلٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ أَنْبَأَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ وَهُوَ أَبُو الْأَشْهَبِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ لُقْمَانُ «إِنَّ الشَّرَّ لِلشَّرِّ خُلِقَ»