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ahmad-zuhd:646ʿAbdullāh > Bī > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Mūsá b. ʿAlī from my father > Muʿāwiyah b. Khadīj > Baʿathanī

[Machine] "O girl, do you have any dates? Bring me some dates in a dish." She said, "I ate them all shyly." Then he said, "What did you say, O Muawiyah, when you came to the mosque?" He said, "I said, 'Indeed, the commander of the faithful is saying.'" He said, "Woe to what you said or woe to what you thought! If I sleep during the day, I will lose the flock, and if I sleep at night, I will lose myself. So how can I sleep with these two, O Muawiyah?"  

الزهد لأحمد:٦٤٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ بِفَتْحِ الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةِ فَقَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فِي الظَّهِيرَةِ فَأَنَخْتُ رَاحِلَتِي بِبَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ ثُمَّ دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ إِذْ خَرَجَتْ جَارِيَةٌ مِنْ مَنْزِلِ عُمَرَ فَرَأَتْنِي سَاحِبًا عَلَى ثِيَابِ السَّفَرِ فَانْصَرَفْتُ فَقَالَتْ أَجِبْ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ يَا جَارِيَةُ هَلْ مِنْ طَعَامٍ؟ فَأَتَتْ بِخُبْزٍ وَزَيْتٍ قَالَ كُلْ فَأَكَلْتُ عَلَى حَيَاءٍ قَالَ كُلْ فَإِنَّ الْمُسَافِرَ يُحِبُّ الطَّعَامَ ثُمَّ قَالَ

يَا جَارِيَةُ هَلْ مِنْ تَمْرٍ فَأَتَتْنِي بِتَمْرٍ فِي طَبَقٍ قَالَ كُلْ فَأَكَلْتُ عَلَى حَيَاءٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَاذَا قُلْتَ يَا مُعَاوِيَةُ حِينَ أَتَيْتَ الْمَسْجِدَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَائِلٌ قَالَ بِئْسَ مَا قُلْتَ أَوْ بِئْسَ مَا ظَنَنْتَ لَئِنْ نِمْتُ النَّهَارَ لَأُضَيِّعَنَّ الرَّعِيَّةَ وَلَئِنْ نِمْتُ اللَّيْلَ لَأُضَيِّعَنَّ نَفْسِي فَكَيْفَ بِالنَّوْمِ مَعَ هَذَيْنِ يَا مُعَاوِيَةُ