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ahmad-zuhd:823ʿAbdullāh from my father > Muṣʿab b. Sallām > ʿUyaynah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > ʿUthmān b. Abū al-ʿĀṣ

[Machine] He said, "If it weren't for Friday and the congregation, I would have built the highest house in this village, and I wouldn't have left it until I left for my grave."  

الزهد لأحمد:٨٢٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُيَيْنَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَوْلَا الْجُمْعَةُ وَالْجَمَاعَةُ لَبْنَيْتُ فِي أَعْلَى دَارِي هَذِهِ بَيْتًا فَلَمْ أَخْرُجْ مِنْهُ حَتَّى أَخْرُجَ إِلَى قَبْرِي