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[Machine] That I should stand until my back complains, and it was a labor that would make a cow give birth, so I wouldn't kneel until it reaches the spider.  

الزهد لأحمد:٩٧١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ طَلْقٍ قَالَ أَحْسَنُ النَّاسِ صَوْتًا بِالْقُرْآنِ الَّذِي إِذَا قَرَأَ رَأَيْتَ أَنَّهُ يَخْشَى اللَّهَ ﷻ قَالَ عَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ وَكَانَ طَلْقٌ كَذَلِكَ قَالَ عَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ قَالَ طَلْقٌ إِنِّي لَأَشْتَهِي

أَنْ أَقُومَ حَتَّى يَشْتَكِيَ صُلْبِي وَكَانَ طَلْقٌ يَفْتَحُ الْبَقَرَةَ فَلَا يَرْكَعُ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْعَنْكَبُوتَ