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ahmad:16067Haytham > ʿAbd Rabbih b. Maymūn al-Ashʿarī > al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Ḥārith > Makḥūl Rafaʿah

[Machine] Whichever tree provides shade for a people, its companion should give them the best of its shade or eat its fruits.  

أحمد:١٦٠٦٧حَدَّثَنَا هَيْثَمٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ رَبِّهِ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ

أَيُّمَا شَجَرَةٍ أَظَلَّتْ عَلَى قَوْمٍ فَصَاحِبُهُ بِالْخِيَارِ مِنْ قَطْعِ مَا أَظَلَّ أَوْ أَكْلِ ثَمَرِهَا  


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"أيُّمَا شَجَرَة أَظَلَّتْ عَلَى قَوْم فَصَاحِبه بالخِيَارِ مِنْ قَطع مَا أظَلَّ مِنْها وَأكلِ ثَمِرهَا".  

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