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darimi:3101Abū Nuʿaym > Yūnus > ʿĀmir

[Machine] He used to treat his aunt as a mother when she wasn't a mother, and his uncle as a father when he wasn't a father.  

الدارمي:٣١٠١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنْ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ مَسْرُوقٌ يُنَزِّلُ الْعَمَّةَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْأَبِ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ أَبٌ وَالْخَالَةَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْأُمِّ إِذَا لَمْ تَكُنْ أُمٌّ»