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ahmad-zuhd:460ʿAbdullāh > Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Sulamī > al-Walīd b. Muslim > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd b. Rabīʿ

[Machine] David looked at a flaming sword falling between the sky and the earth and said, "O Lord, what is this?" He said, "This is My curse; I will cast it into every dark house."  

الزهد لأحمد:٤٦٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السُّلَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رَبِيعٍ قَالَ

نَظَرَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى مِنْجَلٍ مِنْ نَارٍ يَهْوِي بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ مَا هَذَا؟ قَالَ هَذَا لَعْنَتِي؛ أُدْخِلُهَا بَيْتَ كُلِّ ظَلَّامٍ