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[Machine] "We passed by a rag and found it torn. So he remembered it and said, 'Indeed, it will be a trial and a division. Strike with your sword the back of any one.'"  

أحمد:١٦٠٣٠حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ قَالَ

مَرَرْنَا بِالرَّبَذَةِ فَإِذَا فُسْطَاطٌ مَضْرُوبٌ فَذَكَرَهُ قَالَ إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ فِتْنَةٌ وفُرْقَةٌ فَاضْرِبْ بِسَيْفِكَ عُرْضَ أُحُدٍ