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ahmad-zuhd:933ʿAbdullāh > Surayj > Muḥammad b. al-Fuḍayl b. Ghazwān from his father

[Machine] Kurz's daughter entered upon him and found him praying in a masjid that was filled with bricks. He was wearing a garment that reached his ankles, and he would recite the Quran three times during the day and night. He had a small stick in the mihrab that he would lean on when he became tired. Muhammad bin Al-Fudayl narrated that his father said, "Whenever Kurz would exit, he would enjoin good, and they would strike him until he would pass out."  

الزهد لأحمد:٩٣٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفُضَيْلِ بْنِ غَزْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

دَخَلَتْ عَلَى كُرْزٍ بِنْتُهُ فَإِذَا عِنْدَهُ مِصْلَاةٌ قَدْ مَلَأَهَا تِبْنًا وَبَسَطَ عَلَيْهَا كِسَاءً مِنْ طُولِ الْقِيَامِ وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ فِي الْيَوْمِ وَاللَّيْلِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَلَهُ عُودٌ فِي الْمِحْرَابِ يَعْتَمِدُ عَلَيْهِ إِذَا نَعِسَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْهُ أَوْ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ وَكَانَ كُرْزٌ إِذَا خَرَجَ أَمَرَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ؛ فَيَضْرِبُونَهُ حَتَّى يُغْشَى عَلَيْهِ