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darimi:481Muḥammad b. Yūsuf And ʿUbayd Allāh > Sufyān > Nuʿmān b. Qays > ʿAbīdah Daʿā Bikutubih Famaḥāhā ʿInd al-Mawt > Innī Akhāf

[Machine] "That Ubeida called for his books and then erased them before his death, and he said: 'I fear that some people may come after me and not place them in their proper places.'"  

الدارمي:٤٨١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ وَعُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ نُعْمَانَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ

أَنَّ عَبِيدَةَ دَعَا بِكُتُبِهِ فَمَحَاهَا عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَقَالَ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَلِيَهَا قَوْمٌ فَلَا يَضَعُونَهَا مَوَاضِعَهَا