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darimi:552Abū al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Yazīd b. Ḥāzim > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] I heard al-Hasan saying, "Indeed, the sound of sandals behind men rarely delays fools."  

الدارمي:٥٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ حَازِمٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ خَفْقَ النِّعَالِ خَلْفَ الرِّجَالِ قَلَّ مَا يُلَبِّثُ الْحَمْقَى»