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ahmad:21893Wakīʿ > Hishām b. Saʿd > Yazīd b. Nuʿaym b. Hazzāl from his father

[Machine] "Go and meet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and inform him." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him when he met him, "O Hazal, if only you had covered him with your garment, it would have been better than what you did with it."  

أحمد:٢١٨٩٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ هَزَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ مَاعِزَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ كَانَ فِي حِجْرِهِ فَلَمَّا فَجَرَ قَالَ

لَهُ ائْتِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبِرْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَهُ وَلَقِيَهُ يَا هَزَّالُ أَمَا لَوْ كُنْتَ سَتَرْتَهُ بِثَوْبِكَ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا مِمَّا صَنَعْتَ بِهِ