al-'Uzlah wa-l-Infirad
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42 - Muḥammad narrated to me, he said: Al-Ṣalt ibn Ḥakīm narrated to me, he said: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Marzūq narrated to me, he said: I consulted Sufyān al-Thawrī, may Allah have mercy on him; I said: "Where do you suggest I settle?" He said: "At Marr al-Ẓahrān, where no human being knows you." (1)
Notes
- (1) Extracted by Abū Nuʿaym in Ḥilyat al-Awliyāʾ (7/8), via Ibn Abī al-Dunyā with it.
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Arabic (Source)
اسْتِشَارَةٌ٤٢ - حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي الصَّلْتُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ، قَالَ: اسْتَشَرْتُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيَّ ﵀، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَيْنَ تَرَى أَنْ أَنْزِلَ؟ قَالَ: بِمَرِّ الظَّهْرَانِ، حَيْثُ لا يَعْرِفُكَ إِنْسَانٌ " (١) .
Notes
(١) أخرجه أبو نعيم في " حلية الأولياء " (٧/٨) ، من طريق ابن أبي الدنيا به.