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bayhaqi:20926Abū Saʿd al-Mālīnī > Abū Aḥmad b. ʿAdī > Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-ʿAṭṭār > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad al-Sallāmānī

[Machine] I came to Basra in search of hadith, so I met Bahz ibn Hakim and found him with a group playing chess.  

البيهقي:٢٠٩٢٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعْدٍ الْمَالِينِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْعَطَّارُ ثنا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ السَّلَّامَانِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْجُعْفِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ الْبَصْرَةَ فِي طَلَبِ الْحَدِيثِ فَأَتَيْتُ بَهْزَ بْنَ حَكِيمٍ فَوَجَدْتُهُ مَعَ قَوْمٍ يَلْعَبُ بِالشِّطْرَنْجِ