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#16 [Permalink] Posted on 20th March 2012 06:13
Ibn an-Nuhaas (رحمه الله)


Jihad Is The Best Deed After Salah And Being Dutiful Towards One's Parents


The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم was asked what is the most beloved act of worship in the eyes of Allah? He said, "Praying on time," I said, "Then what?" He said, "Being dutiful towards your parents," I said and "then what?" He said, "Jihad in the path of Allah" [101]

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (رضي الله عنهما) used to consider jihad to be the best of all deeds after Salah. [102]


Notes:

101 (Bukhari)
102 (al Bayhaqi)

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#17 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd March 2012 10:53
Ibn an-Nuhaas (رحمه الله)


Jihad Is The Greatest Deed After Believing In Allah (سبحانه و تعالى)


The Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) was asked, "What is the best of all acts of worship?" He said, "Believing in Allaah (سبحانه و تعالى)" He was asked, "And then what?" He responded, "Jihad in the path of Allaah (سبحانه و تعالى)" Then he was asked "And then what?" He said, "An accepted Hajj" [103]

Ma'iz (رضي الله عنه) narrates, the Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) was asked, "What is the best deed?" He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "Believing in Allah (سبحانه و تعالى), and then jihad, and then Hajj which would be better than every other deed like the distance between the sunset and sunrise" [104] [105]

Abu Dharr (رضي الله عنه) narrates, I asked the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the best deeds, he said, "Believing in Allaah (سبحانه و تعالى) and jihad in His path" [106]

Abu Qatadah (رضي الله عنه) narrates that the Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) stood and delivered a reminder to them and said that jihad in the path of Allah and believing in Allaah are the greatest deeds. A man then stood up and asked, "O Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله عليه وسلم), what if I was killed in the path of Allaah (سبحانه و تعالى) would my all my sins be forgiven?" The Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "Yes" [107]

Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) narrates that the Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said "The best of deeds in the eyes of Allah (سبحانه و تعالى) are: belief in Allaah (سبحانه و تعالى) with conviction, Qazw with no qulool [108], and an acceptable hajj" [109]


Notes:

103 (Bukhari and Muslim)

104 (Ahmad)

105 Trans. Note: [This is an indication that the status of these deeds is not only higher than anything else but it is so with a huge margin.]

106 (Bukhari and Muslim)

107 (Muslim)

108 Qulool is taking from the booty before it is distributed among the soldiers.

109 (Abu Khuzaymah - Ibn Habbaan)

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#18 [Permalink] Posted on 26th March 2012 07:07
Ibn an-Nuhaas (رحمه الله)

Jihad Is Greater Than Worshiping In The House Of Allah (سبحانه و تعالى) And Serving It And Serving The Pilgrims


An-Nu'man Ibn Bashir (رضي الله عنه) narrates: I was sitting next to the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) when a man said, "I wouldn't mind if I don't do anything after becoming a Muslim but serving the pilgrims." Another said, "I wouldn't mind if I don't do anything after becoming a Muslim but praying in the sacred masjid (Makkah)." A third said, "No, jihad in the path of Allah is better than what you said."

Sayyiduna 'Umar (رضي الله عنه) scolded them and told them to stay quiet and not raise their voices next to the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم). He then said, this is Friday and in a short while he will come to give khutbah. When he leaves I will go and ask him about your discussion.

Allah (سبحانه و تعالى) then revealed:
"Have you made the providing of water for the pilgrim and the maintenance of al-Masjid al-Haraam equal to one who believes in Allaah and the Last Day and makes jihad in the cause of Allaah? They are not equal in the sight of Allaah. And Allaah does not guide the wrongdoing people." (9:19) [110] [111]

Notes:

110 (Muslim)
111 Trans. Note: [So the verse in explicit terms stated the superiority of jihad]

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#19 [Permalink] Posted on 27th March 2012 10:22
Ibn an-Nuhaas (رحمه الله)

References That Jihad Is The Greatest Deed Of All


Amr ibn Absah رضي الله عنه narrates: A man said O Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم what is Islam? He said, "Islam is submission of your heart, and that the Muslims are safe from your tongue and your hands" He said: "What is the best of Islam?" The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "Iman (Faith)" He said what is faith? The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم replied, "To believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His Messengers, and the resurrection after death" He said, "What is the best of Iman?" The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "Hijrah" He said what is hijrah? The Messenger of Allah said, "To leave sins behind" He said, "What is the best of hijrah?" The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "Jihad" He said, 'What is the best of jihad?' The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "the one whose horse is slain and his blood is spilled" [112]

See, may Allah سبحانه و تعالى have mercy on you, how the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم made the best of the best of the best of Islam to be jihad, and then he made the best of jihad to be martyrdom.

The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم told a man: "Become a Muslim," The man said, "what is Islam?" He responded to him, and then he asked him about hijrah and jihad. The man said what is jihad? The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "you fight in the cause of Allah and you do not fear fighting the enemy and you do not commit qalool" [113]

Ummul Mu'mineen 'Aa'isha رضي الله عنها narrates that she told the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم, "O Messenger of Allah, we see that jihad in the cause of Allah is the greatest deed. Shouldn't we then make jihad?" The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم responded, "For you the best jihad is hajj mabroor" [114]

Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه narrates that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "The jihad of the old, the weak, and the women is hajj and umrah" [115]

Al Khateeb رحمه الله mentions in "The history of Baghdad" and ibn Asakir رحمه الله in "The history of Damascus", that Muhammad bin Fadhail bin Iyad رحمه الله said: I saw ibn al Mubarak رحمه الله in my dream so I asked him "What did you find your best deeds to be?" He said: "The deed that I preoccupied myself with" I asked "Jihad and Ribaat?" He said: "Yes". I told him "So what did Allah سبحانه و تعالى do to you?" He said, "He forgave me"

Al Fadhl bin Ziyad رحمه الله said I heard Abu Abdullah (Imam Ahmad رحمه الله) when Qazw was mentioned to him he started to cry and then said: "There is no act of worship greater than it"

In al Mugni it states that Imam Ahmad رحمه الله said: "There is nothing comparable in rewards to meeting the enemy. And for one to involve in the actual fighting is the best of deeds (compared to supportive roles.) The ones who are fighting the enemy are the ones defending Islam, so what can be greater than that? People feel save while they feel fear. They have given up their souls for Allah سبحانه و تعالى"


Notes:

112 (Ahmad - al Tabarani - al Bayhaqi)
113 (Abu Ya'la - al Bayhaqi)
114 (Bukhari)
115 (Al Nasa'i - al Bayhaqi (agreeable))
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#20 [Permalink] Posted on 28th March 2012 09:55
Ibn an-Nuhaas (رحمه الله)

Jihad Is The Most Beloved Deed To Allaah (سبحانه و تعالى)


'Abdullah Ibn Salaam رضي الله عنه said we were a group of the Companions رضي الله عنهم of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم and we said, 'If only we knew what was the most beloved deed to Allah سبحانه و تعالى.'

Allah سبحانه و تعالى then revealed:
"Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth exalts Allah, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise. O you who have believed, why do you say what you do not do? Great is hatred in the sight if Allah that you say what you do not do. Indeed, Allah loves those who fight in His cause in a row as though they are a [single] structure joined firmly" [116]

Notes:

116 (al Saff 1-4) (Tirmithi - al Bayhaqi - al Hakim - ibn al Mubarak)
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#21 [Permalink] Posted on 30th March 2012 11:19
Ibn an-Nuhaas (رحمه الله)

The Mujahid Is The Greatest Of All People


"Allah has preferred the mujahideen over those who remain [behind] with a great reward. Degrees [of high position] from Him and forgiveness and mercy. And Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful." [117]

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'eed al Khudri رضي الله عنه narrates that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم was asked, "Who is the best of people?" He said, "A believer who is making jihad with his life and his wealth in the cause of Allah (سبحانه و تعالى)." [11]


Notes:

117 (Al Nisa 95-96)
118 (Bukhari - Muslim)

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#22 [Permalink] Posted on 3rd April 2012 08:34
Ibn an-Nuhaas (رحمه الله)

No One Can Practice Any Act Of Worship Equivalent To Jihad


Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه narrates that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم was asked about a deed equal in reward to jihad. He replied, "You can't do it" They asked again and then a third time, and every time the Messenger of Allah says, "You cant do it" Then he said, "The equivalent of the mujahid is the one who fasts and prays continuously without resting until the mujahid comes back!" [119]

A man came to the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم and asked him about something to do equivalent to jihad. The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "I don't find any" Then he said, "When the mujahid leaves, can you enter into your masjid and pray and fast with no break?" The man said, "And who could do that!" [120]

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه says: The horse of the mujahid would be running in a pastureland and the mujahid would be given rewards for that! [121]

If the ones with high aspirations, those who had their rewards multiplied because of their companionship of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم; if they cannot find anything equivalent to jihad, then how can we be at ease with lower deeds? How can we settle for other deeds when even then we might have them mixed with insincerity and shortcomings?

O Allah سبحانه و تعالى wake us up from this sleep and grant us jihad in your cause before it's too late! You are our hope for any good and there is no strength with anyone but you.


Notes:

119 (Muslim)
120 (Bukhari)
121 (Bukhari)
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#23 [Permalink] Posted on 4th April 2012 11:37
Ibn an-Nuhaas (رحمه الله)

References That The Sleep Of The Mujahid Is Better Than The Praying Of The Night And Fasting Of The Day Of Others


Safwan Ibn Saleem رضي الله عنه said that Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه asked, "Can anyone of you pray continuously without rest and fast continuously without a break?" They said, "O Abu Hurairah, who could do that!" He said, "I swear in the name of whom my soul is in his hands: The sleep of the mujahid is better than that!" [122]

If this is the status of their sleep, then what about their prayers. This is what the competitors should compete for and this is what others should cry for missing.


Notes:

122 (Ibn al Mubarak)

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#24 [Permalink] Posted on 12th April 2012 09:45
Ibn an-Nuhaas (رحمه الله)

Allah Reserved One Hundred Levels In Paradise For The Mujahideen, Between Each Level And The Other Is The Distance Between The Heavens And Earth


"Allah has preferred the mujahideen over those who remain [behind] with a great reward Degrees from Him and forgiveness and mercy. And Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful." [123]

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه narrates: The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "There are a hundred levels in Paradise specially prepared by Allah for the mujahideen in His cause. Between each level and the next is the difference between the heaven and earth. So when you ask Allah, ask Him to grant you al Firdaws. It is in the middle of Paradise and the highest part of it. From it the rivers of Paradise spring, and above it is the throne of Allah" [124]


Notes:

123 (Al Nisa 95-96)
124 (Bukhari)

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#25 [Permalink] Posted on 14th April 2012 09:52
Ibn an-Nuhaas (رحمه الله)

The Rahbaniyyah (Monasticism) And Siyahah [125] Of This Nation Is Jihad


"[Such believers are] the repentant, the worshippers, the praisers [of Allah], the travelers [for His cause], those who bow and prostrate [in prayer], those who enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong, and those who observe the limits [set by] Allah. And give good tidings to the believers." (9:126)

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri رضي الله عنه narrates: A man came to the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم and said, "Advise me" He صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "Have taqwa of Allah since it is the essence of all good, and make jihad since it is the monastism of this nation, and remember Allah and recite Quran since it is light for you in this world and remembrance for you in the heavens, and preserve your tongue except from good, for you would then defeat Shaytaan [127]." [128]

Abu Abdullah al Haleemi رحمة اللہ علیه said:

The meaning of "the monastism of this nation is jihad" is that the Christians used to practice monastism by leading a secluded life in a monastery. The maximum sacrifice they would give to Allah is to stay away from the allurements of this world. They would claim that they are staying away from everyone in order not to harm anyone. But there is no harm greater than leaving the evildoers practice their evil. Therefore the real ones who are avoiding evil and harm are the mujahideen who are stamping it out.

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah رضي الله عنه narrates: The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "The siyahah of my nation is jihad." [129]

Notes

125 Siyahah is the traveling in the earth to flee evil and to contemplate in the creation of Allah. Since jihad involves all of that it becomes the siyahah because the mujahid is fleeing towards the creator.

126 (al Tawba 112)

127 Shaytaan: Satan.

128 (al Tabarani - al Khateeb - Ahmad)

129 (Abu Dawud - al Hakim - al sunnan al kubra)
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#26 [Permalink] Posted on 17th April 2012 08:26
Ibn an-Nuhaas (رحمه الله)

The Pinnacle Of Islam Is Jihad


Sayyiduna Mu'aadh Ibn Jabal رضي الله عنه narrates: We were with the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم returning from Tabook. He told me, "If you want I can tell you the head of the matter, its pillar and its peak," I said yes, 'O Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم.' He said, "The head of the matter is Islam, its pillar is Salah, and its peak is jihad." [130]

Notes

130 (al Hakim - Ahmad - al Tirmithi - ibn Majah)
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#27 [Permalink] Posted on 20th April 2012 11:53
Ibn an-Nuhaas (رحمه الله)

The Mujaahid Is Given A Guarantee By Allaah سبحانه و تعالى


Sayyiduna Abu Hurayra رضي الله عنه narrates: The Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "Allaah has guaranteed the mujaahid, who leaves from his home with no purpose but to fight in the cause of Allaah and believing in Allaah's words, Allaah has guaranteed for him either to enter him into Paradise or to return him home with reward or booty." [131]

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayra رضي الله عنه narrates: The Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "There are three whom it is granted that Allaah will help them: The mujaahid in the path of Allaah, the slave who started the process of mukatabah, and the one who wants to marry for chastity." [132]


Notes

131 (Bukhari and Muslim)
132 (AbdulRazaq - al Tirmithi - al Hakim)

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#28 [Permalink] Posted on 24th April 2012 11:13
Ibn an-Nuhaas (رحمه الله)

Allaah سبحانه و تعالى Will Never Forsake The Mujaahideen But Would Help Them And Respond To Their Prayers


Sayyiduna Jabir Ibn 'Abdullah رضي الله عنه narrates: We were sent on an expedition by the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم to raid a caravan owned by Quraish, and he appointed Abu Ubaydah رضي الله عنه as our leader. The Messenger of Allah found nothing to provide us with except leather bags filled with dates and nothing else. Abu Ubaydah رضي الله عنه would then hand us one date each.

The narrator was asked: "What good would a date be?" He said we would eat it and then suck on the date seed! In addition to drinking water, that was the only food we would have for the whole day! Then we would gather leafs of trees and soak them in water and eat them. Then we headed for the direction of the coast. We saw what appeared like a sand dune and to our surprise it was whale.

Abu Ubaydah رضي الله عنه at first said it is dead (therefore it cannot be consumed) He then said: "But we are the messengers of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم and we are in the cause of Allah سبحانه و تعالى, and this is a necessity so eat from it" We stayed there for a whole month eating from it until we grew fat and we were three hundred in number! We would collect oil from its eyes with buckets and cut from its flesh pieces as large as a bull. Abu Ubaydah رضي الله عنه had us fit 13 men in its eye socket! He then had one of it's rib bones fixed to the ground like an arck, then he had the tallest camel with us pass from under it without the camel touching the bone! We then picked up dried meat to carry with us to Madina. When we told the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم our story he said, "That was sustenance Allah sent for you. Do you have any of that meat left with you to give me some?" We send some to him and he ate from it" [133]


Notes

133 Muslim

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#29 [Permalink] Posted on 28th April 2012 08:04
Ibn an-Nuhaas (رحمه الله)

Miscellaneous Rewards Of The Mujaahideen


Allah سبحانه و تعالى says:

"...that is because they are not afflicted by thirst or fatigue or hunger in the cause of Allah, nor do they tread on any ground that enrages the disbelievers, nor do they inflict upon an enemy any infliction but that it is registered for them as a righteous deed. Indeed, Allah does not allow to be lost the reward of the doers of good. Nor do they spend an expenditure, small or large, or cross a valley but that it is registered for them that Allah may reward them for the best of what they were doing." [134]

Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Musa رضي الله عنه narrates: I heard my father رضي الله عنه say that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "The gates of Paradise are under the shades of swords" A poor man with rags on stood up and said, "O Abu Musa, did you hear that from the Messenger of Allah?" May father said yes. The man went back to his company and told them: "I give you my salaam" He then broke his sword sheath and marched towards the enemy striking them with his sword until he was killed [135]

Ibn Daqeeq al-'Eid رحمه الله says: The statement that the gates of Paradise are under the shades of swords would mean that Paradise is attained through the swords of the mujaahideen and using the sword is necessary to get Paradise and to open its gates.

The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: "Whoever fights in the cause of Allah the time it takes to milk a camel is granted Paradise" [136]

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه narrated: The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: "The trials and tribulations are on the way. Trials like pieces of a dark night. The safest from them would be a man living on the peaks of mountains, living off his flock of sheep, or a man mounting his horse and living off his sword" [137], [138]

Sayyiduna Saburah Ibn al-Fakah رضي الله عنه narrated: I heard the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم say, "Shaytaan has intercepted the son of Adam on his path towards Islam and told him: "Are you going to become Muslim and leave your heritage and the religion of your forefathers?" But the son of Adam disobeyed him and became a Muslim and was forgiven. Then Shaytaan sat for him on his path to hijrah and told him: "Will you make hijrah and leave behind your home and land?" He disobeyed him and made hijrah. He than sat for him on his path towards jihad and told him: "Are you going to fight when it is an exhaustion of your self and wealth? You would go to kill and would be killed and then your wife would be taken and your wealth divided." The son of Adam disobeyed him and went on jihad." The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم then said: "Whoever does that, it is incumbent upon Allah to admit him to Paradise, or if he dies by his animal striking him he would go to Paradise" [139]

The Sword of Allaah, Sayyiduna Khalid Ibn al-Waleed رضي الله عنه said: "If I were to marry a beautiful woman whom I love, or if I were given the good news of having a newborn son, it is less beloved and dear to my heart then to be, in a cold icy night, in an army waiting to meet the enemy the next morning. I advise you to go on jihad" [140] These were the words of Khalid before his death.

He also said: "I was prevented a lot of reciting of Quran because of my preoccupation with jihad" [141]


Notes

134 (Al Tawbah 120-121)
135 (Muslim)
136 (Ahmad - Abu Dawud - al Tirmithi - ibn Majah - ibn Habbaan)
137 (al Hakim)
138 [This indicates that in times of great tribulations a man should either be living in seclusion or even better living as a mujahid.]
139 (Ahmad (Agreeable))
140 (ibn al Mubarak)
141 (Ibn Asakir - Abu Ya'la
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#30 [Permalink] Posted on 30th April 2012 07:48
Ibn an-Nuhaas (رحمه الله)

References To Preference Of Jihaad Over Hajj


Sayyiduna Ibn Umar رضي الله عنهما said: "One trip on jihad is better than 50 hajj" [142] This narration of Sayyiduna Ibn Umar رضي الله عنهما is authentic.

Dhirar Ibn Amr رحمه الله said: "I have spent a very long time in jihad and my heart was longing to hajj. I made my preparations to go and then went to greet my brothers. I visited Ishaaq bin Abu Farwah رحمه الله to tell him good-bye. He asked me, "Where are you going?" I said: "I am going on hajj," He said: "Has your opinion on jihad changed or what?" I said: "No! Its just that I have been here on jihad for a long time and I was longing for hajj and visiting the House of Allah"

He told me: "Dhirar! You should not do what you love, but you should do what Allah loves. O Dhirar, don't you know that the Messenger of Allah only made hajj once, but then spend his life fighting in jihad until he met Allah. O Dhirar! If you make hajj then you are rewarded for your hajj or umrah. But if you are posted in jihad or fighting and protecting the backs of Muslims, then if that House is visited by 100,000 pilgrims or whatever number, you would be getting the reward of everyone of their hajjs and the hajj of every believing man or woman until the Day of Judgment! Because whoever protects the believers is like the one who protects them from the time of Adam until the Day of Judgment. You are also rewarded for fighting the nonbelievers from the day Adam was created until the Day of Judgment because whoever fights them today is like the one who fights them from the day Adam was created until the Day of Judgment. You are also rewarded for every letter revealed in the Torah, Gospel and Quran because you are fighting to protect the light of Allah from being extinguished.

O Dhirar Ibn Amr! Don't you know that there is no one closer to the status of prophethood than the scholars and mujahideen? I said, "And how is that?" He said: "Because the scholars are the ones who fulfill the role of the Prophets عليهم الصلاة والسلام in guiding others to the truth and teaching it to them. While the mujahideen are the ones who fight for what the Prophets have brought and strive to make the word of Allah the highest and the word of the nonbelievers the lowest" Dhirar رحمه الله said: "I decided to give up hajj and remain in jihad until I die and meet Allah"


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142 (Ibn al Mubarak - ibn Abi Shaybah)

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