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darimi:142 – Makhlad b. Mālik b. Jābir > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Ibn ʿAwn > Ibn Sīrīn > Kānūā Yarawn

[Machine] "He was on the path as he was on the trail."  

الدارمي:١٤٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ جَابِرٍ أَنبَأَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ «كَانُوا يَرَوْنَ

أَنَّهُ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ مَا كَانَ عَلَى الْأَثَرِ»  

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darimi:143 – Yūsuf b. Mūsá > Azhar > Ibn ʿAwn > Ibn Sīrīn

[Machine] "As long as he follows the footsteps, he is on the right path."  

الدارمي:١٤٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ

«مَا دَامَ عَلَى الْأَثَرِ فَهُوَ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ»