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120 — Al-Firyābī also narrated to us, saying: Abū al-Khattāb, Ziyād ibn Yahyā ⦗440⦘, narrated to us, saying: Saīd ibn Āmir narrated to us, saying: Sallām ibn Abī Mutī narrated to us that a man who adhered to deviant doctrines said to Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī, “O Abū Bakr, may I ask you about one word?” Ayyūb turned away and gestured with his finger, saying, “Not even half a word! Not even half a word!”
١٢٠ - وَحَدَّثَنَا الْفِرْيَابِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْخَطَّابِ، زِيَادُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ⦗٤٤٠⦘ قَالَ: ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَلَّامُ بْنُ أَبِي مُطِيعٍ: أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الْأَهْوَاءِ قَالَ لِأَيُّوبَ السِّخْتِيَانِيِّ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ؟ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ كَلِمَةٍ قَالَ: فَوَلَّى أَيُّوبُ، وَجَعَلَ يُشِيرُ بِإِصْبَعِهِ: وَلَا نِصْفِ كَلِمَةٍ وَلَا نِصْفِ كَلِمَةٍ "