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darimi:153ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd > Abū Usāmah > al-Aʿmash

[Machine] "Regarding something for which only the answer to the question asked has been given."  

الدارمي:١٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ قَالَ كَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ «إِذَا سُئِلَ

عَنْ شَيْءٍ لَمْ يُجِبْ فِيهِ إِلَّا جَوَابَ الَّذِي سُئِلَ عَنْهُ»