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suyuti:430-426bIbn Masʿūd > Qūlūā Khayr Tuʿrafūā Bih
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السيوطي:٤٣٠-٤٢٦b

"عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: قُولُوا خَيْرًا تُعْرَفُوا بِهِ، واعْمَلُوا بِهِ تَكُونُوا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ، وَلا تَكُونُوا عجلاء مذاييع (*) بُذْرًا (* *) ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه

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ahmad-zuhd:886ʿAbdullāh from my father > Ḥajjāj > al-Masʿūdī > al-Qāsim And Ghayrih > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] He used to say, "Speak good to be known by it, and act upon it to become one of its people, and do not be hasty in scattering mischief."  

الزهد لأحمد:٨٨٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ قُولُوا الْخَيْرَ تُعْرَفُوا بِهِ وَاعْمَلُوا بِهِ تَكُونُوا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَلَا تَكُونُوا عَجِلًا مَذَايِعَ بِذْرًا