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ahmad:15580Ḥajjāj > al-Shuʿaythī > Zufar b. And Thīmah > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

[Machine] The mosques do not recite poetry in them, and legal punishments are not carried out in them, and disputes are not resolved in them. My father said, "Hajjaj never lifted him up," meaning he did not elevate him.  

أحمد:١٥٥٨٠حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ حَدَّثَنَا الشُّعَيْثِيُّ عَنْ زُفَرَ بْنِ وَثِيمَةَ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

الْمَسَاجِدُ لَا تُنْشَدُ فِيهَا الْأَشْعَارُ وَلَا تُقَامُ فِيهَا الْحُدُودُ وَلَا يُسْتَقَادُ فِيهَا قَالَ أَبِي لَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ يَعْنِي حَجَّاجٌ