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ahmad-zuhd:999ʿAbdullāh > Abū Saʿīd > Abū Yaʿqūb > Abū Ayyūb ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Sulaymān

[Machine] "So, you are the one at the forefront and I am the one praying."  

الزهد لأحمد:٩٩٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَعْقُوبَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَيُّوبَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ دَخَلَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا فِيهِ غُلَامٌ فَقَالَ يَا غُلَامُ اذْهَبْ إِلَى عَمَلِ أَهْلِكَ قَالَ إِنَّمَا جِئْتُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ

فَأَنْتَ السَّابِقُ وَأَنَا الْمُصَلِّي