al-'Uzlah wa-l-Infirad
Volume 1 · Page 80

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65 - ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us, he said: Al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥusayn narrated to me, from Ibn al-Sammāk, he said: I spoke to Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī, saying: "If only you would sit with people." He said: "You are only between two choices: either a youngster who does not respect you, or an elder who counts your faults against you."

Notes

  • (1) Extracted by Abū Nuʿaym in Al-Ḥilya, via Ibn Abī al-Dunyā with it.

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Arabic (Source)

٦٥ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، عَنِ ابْنِ السَّمَّاكِ، قَالَ: كَلَّمْتُ دَاوُدَ الطَّائِيَّ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: لَوْ جَالَسْتَ النَّاسَ، قَالَ: إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ، بَيْنَ صَغِيرٍ لا يُوَقِّرُكَ، وَكَبِيرٍ يُحْصِي عَلَيْكَ عُيُوبَكَ (١) .

Notes

(١) أخرجه أبو نعيم في " الحلية "، من طريق ابن أبي الدنيا به.