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ahmad-zuhd:441ʿAbdullāh > Abū Mūsá al-Anṣārī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman Aẓunnuh al-Muḥāribī > Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Ḥārithī

[Machine] I read in some books that if people knew what I know about you, they would abandon you, but I will forgive you as long as you do not associate partners with me.  

الزهد لأحمد:٤٤١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ أَظُنُّهُ الْمُحَارِبِيَّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ النَّضْرِ الْحَارِثِيِّ قَالَ

قَرَأْتُ فِي بَعْضِ الْكُتُبِ ابْنَ آدَمَ لَوْ يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ مِنْكَ مَا أَعْلَمُ لَنَبَذُوكَ وَلَكِنْ سَأَغْفِرُ لَكَ؛ مَا لَمْ تُشْرِكْ بِي