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suyuti:1-241bAbiá al-Safr > Dakhal
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"عَنْ أَبِى السَّفر قال: دَخَلَ عَلَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ (*) نَاسٌ يَعُودُونَهُ فِى مَرَضِهِ فَقَالُوا: يَا خَليفَةَ رَسُولِ الله: أَلَا نَدْعُو لَكَ طَبيبًا يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْكَ؟ قال: قَد رآنِى الطبيب، قالوا: مَاذَا قَالَ لَكَ؟ قال: قال: إِنِّى فَعَّالٌ لِمَا أُرِيدُ".  

ابن سعد، [ش] ابن أبى شيبة [حم] أحمد في الزهد، [حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية وهناد

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ahmad-zuhd:587ʿAbdullāh > Bī > Wakīʿ > Mālik b. Mighwal > Abū al-Safar

[Machine] Abu Bakr fell ill, so they took him back and said, "Shouldn't we call a doctor for you?" He replied, "The doctor has already seen me." They asked, "What did he say to you?" He said, "He said that I am capable of doing what he wants."  

الزهد لأحمد:٥٨٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أبِي حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ أَبِي السَّفَرِ قَالَ

مَرِضَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَعَادُوهُ فَقَالُوا أَلَا نَدْعُو لَكَ الطَّبِيبَ؟ فَقَالَ قَدْ رَآنِي الطَّبِيبُ قَالُوا فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ قَالَ لَكَ؟ قَالَ قَالَ إِنِّي فَعَّالٌ لِمَا يُرِيدُ