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darimi:370ʿAbdullāh b. ʿImrān > Yaḥyá b. Yamān > Sufyān Mundh Arbaʿīn Sanah

[Machine] "The request for conversation today was not better than it. They (the people) said to Sufyan, 'Indeed, they seek it without intent?' He said, 'Their seeking it is with intent.'"  

الدارمي:٣٧٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَمَانٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سُفْيَانَ مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ

«مَا كَانَ طَلَبُ الْحَدِيثِ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ الْيَوْمَ» قَالُوا لِسُفْيَانَ إِنَّهُمْ يَطْلُبُونَهُ بِغَيْرِ نِيَّةٍ؟ قَالَ «طَلَبُهُمْ إِيَّاهُ نِيَّةٌ»