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suyuti:621-29bal-Awzāʿi > Ḥibbān > Shaká Ahl Dimashq Lá Abiá al-Dardāʾ Qillah al-Thimār
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السيوطي:٦٢١-٢٩b

"عَنْ الأَوْزَاعِىِّ عن حِبَّان قَالَ: شَكَى أَهْلُ دِمَشْق إلى أَبِى الدَّرْدَاءِ قِلَّةَ الثِّمَارِ قَالَ: إِنَّكُمْ أطَلتُم حِيْطَانَهَا وأَكْثَرتُمْ حُرَّاسَهَا فَجَاءَ الوَبَاءُ مِنْ فَوْقِها".  

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suyuti:621-92bḤassān b. ʿAṭiyyah > Shakā Ahl Dimshq Ilay Abū al-Dardāʾ Qillah al-Tamr > Innakum
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السيوطي:٦٢١-٩٢b

"عَنْ حَسَّان بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ قَالَ: شَكَا أَهْلُ دِمْشقَ إِلَي أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ قِلَّةَ التَّمْرِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّكُمْ حِيطَانُهَا (*) وَأَكْثَرْتُمْ حُرَّاسَهَا، وَأَتَاهَا الْوَيْلُ مِنْ فَوْقِهَا".  

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