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bayhaqi:17626Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān > Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yaʿlá b. ʿUbayd > al-Aʿmash > Zayd b. And Hb

[Machine] It was said to Abdullah, "Do you have any wine dripping from the beard of so-and-so?" He replied, "Indeed, Allah has forbidden us from spying, but if it becomes apparent to us, then we will take action."  

البيهقي:١٧٦٢٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ

قِيلَ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ هَلْ لَكَ فِي فُلَانٍ تَقْطُرُ لِحْيَتُهُ خَمْرًا؟ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَتَجَسَّسَ فَإِنْ يَظْهَرْ لَنَا نَأْخُذْهُ