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ahmad-zuhd:496ʿAbdullāh > Bī > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > ʿAbdullāh b. Bakr al-Muzanī > Abū > Luqmān

[Machine] "The father's discipline of his child is like fertilizer for the crop."  

الزهد لأحمد:٤٩٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أبِي أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ الْمُزَنِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ لُقْمَانَ قَالَ

«ضَرْبُ الْوَالِدِ لِوَلَدِهِ كَالسَّمَادِ لِلزَّرْعِ»