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[Machine] "I saw them writing with the tips of their fingers on the bamboo poles."  

الدارمي:٥٢٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَنبَأَنَا وَكِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا أبي عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَنَشٍ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ عِنْدَ الْبَرَاءِ بِأَطْرَافِ الْقَصَبِ عَلَى أَكُفِّهِمْ»