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tabarani:17807[Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > al-Walīd b. al-ʿAbbās al-Narsī [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Ṣāliḥ b. Ḥātim b. And Rdān > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAwn > ʿUmayr b. Isḥāq > al-Miqdād b. al-Aswad > Baʿathanī

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ sent me on a mission, and when I returned, he asked me, "How do you find yourself?" I said, "I still continue until I thought that I had disloyalty towards myself, and by Allah, I will never deceive anyone after that."  

الطبراني:١٧٨٠٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ النَّرْسِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا صَالِحُ بْنُ حَاتِمِ بْنِ وَرْدَانَ قَالَا ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ قَالَ

بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَبْعَثًا فَلَمَّا رَجَعْتُ قَالَ لِي «كَيْفَ تَجِدُ نَفْسَكَ» ؟ قُلْتُ مَا زِلْتُ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ مَعِيَ خَوَلًا لِي وَأَيْمُ اللهِ لَا أَعْمَلُ عَلَى رَجُلَيْنِ بَعْدَهَا أَبَدًا  


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hakim:5488Abū Bakr b. Bālawayh > Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. al-Naḍr > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > ʿĀṣim > Zir > ʿAbdullāh > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAlī al-Ḥaṭabī > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd al-Narsī > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > Ibn ʿAwn > ʿUmayr b. Isḥāq > al-Miqdād b. al-Aswad

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me on a mission, and when I returned, he said to me, "How do you find yourself?" I said, "I am still as I was, until I thought that those who were with me had turned away from me. By Allah, I do not work on two paths after them."  

الحاكم:٥٤٨٨حَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ بَالَوَيْهِ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ ثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحَطَبِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ النَّرْسِيُّ ثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنْ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ قَالَ

بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَبْعَثًا فَلَمَّا رَجَعْتُ قَالَ لِي «كَيْفَ تَجِدُ نَفْسَكَ؟» قُلْتُ مَا زِلْتُ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ مَنْ مَعِي خَوَلًا لِي وَايْمُ اللَّهِ لَا أَعْمَلُ عَلَى رَجُلَيْنِ بَعْدَهُمَا  

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