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ahmad-zuhd:90ʿAbdullāh from my father > Sufyān

[Machine] Praise a man in front of the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "How would you like him to be mentioned after death?" They said, "He is not like that." He said, "Then he is not as you say."  

الزهد لأحمد:٩٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ

أُثْنِيَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «كَيْفَ ذِكْرُهُ لِلْمَوْتِ؟» قَالُوا مَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ قَالَ «مَا هُوَ إِذًا كَمَا تَقُولُونَ»