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bayhaqi:20925Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Abū Muslim > Maʿqil b. Mālik al-Bāhilī

[Machine] I exited the grand mosque, when suddenly I saw a man who had approached him with a mounted animal. A man asked him, "What did Al-Hasan used to say about chess?" He replied, "He did not see anything wrong with it and he disliked backgammon." So I asked, "Who is this?" They replied, "Ibn 'Awn," and he used to use a gold toothpick.  

البيهقي:٢٠٩٢٥وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أنبأ أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ ثنا مَعْقِلُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ قَالَ

خَرَجْتُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْجَامِعِ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ قَدْ قُرِّبَتْ إِلَيْهِ دَابَّةٌ فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ مَا كَانَ الْحَسَنُ يَقُولُ فِي الشِّطْرَنْجِ؟ فَقَالَ كَانَ لَا يَرَى بِهَا بَأْسًا وَكَانَ يَكْرَهُ النَّرْدَشِيرَ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا؟ فَقَالُوا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ وَكَانَ مُضَبِّبَ الْأَسْنَانِ بِالذَّهَبِ