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muslim:2675bAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʾAbū Kurayb > Abū Muʿāwiyah

" He draws near Me by the space of a hand, I draw near him by the space (covered) by two hands."  

مسلم:٢٦٧٥bحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ

عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ وَإِنْ تَقَرَّبَ إِلَىَّ ذِرَاعًا تَقَرَّبْتُ مِنْهُ بَاعًا  


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muslim:2297bʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah And ʾIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr

" They are my companions; they are my companions."  

مسلم:٢٢٩٧bوَحَدَّثَنَاهُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ

عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ أَصْحَابِي أَصْحَابِي