68 - ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us, he said: Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn narrated to me, he said: Saʿīd ibn Muḥammad al-Bazzāz narrated to me, he said: Ibn Abī ʿUbayda narrated to me, he said: I heard Abū Saʿd al-Baqqāl say: "I saw a man in al-Kūfa who had prepared for death thirty years ago. He said: 'I owe nothing to anyone, nor does anyone owe anything to me, and I do not wish to speak to anyone, nor should anyone among the people speak to me, except with the remembrance of Allah, Exalted is He.' And he used to take refuge in the desert waste and the cemeteries."
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