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[Machine] It was said to him when Abdullah died, "If you stayed and taught the people the Sunnah?" So he said, "Do you want my back to be trampled upon?"  

الدارمي:٥٣٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو شِهَابٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ قَالَ

قِيلَ لَهُ حِينَ مَاتَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لَوْ قَعَدْتَ فَعَلَّمْتَ النَّاسَ السُّنَّةَ؟ فَقَالَ «أَتُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يُوطَأَ عَقِبِي»