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ahmad:11316ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith > Dāwud Fadhakarah

[Machine] "To strike people with a reminder, or else to turn away."  

أحمد:١١٣١٦حَدَّثَنَاهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي دَاوُدُ فَذَكَرَهُ قَالَ وَإِنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ

أَنْ يَضْرِبَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بَعْثًا ذَكَرَهُ وَإِلَّا انْصَرَفَ