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tabarani:8667Yūsuf al-Qāḍī > ʿAmr b. Marzūq > Shuʿbah > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "To every letter there is a limit, and to every limit there is a beginning."  

الطبراني:٨٦٦٧حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ أَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«لِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ حَدٌّ وَلِكُلِّ حَدٍّ مُطَّلَعٌ»