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440 — Abū Sālih al-Marwazī narrated to me: I heard Saīd ibn Āmir say:
A mantle was presented to Amr ibn Ubayd, and he remarked, “There is no garment finer than this.” For fifty years he was faulted for that remark. People would say, “Amr does not guard his tongue.”
٤٤٠ - حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو صَالِحٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ يَقُولُ: عُرِضَ عَلَى عَمْرِو بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ طَيْلَسَانٌ، فَقَالَ: " مَا ثَوْبٌ بِأَجْوَدَ مِنْهُ. فَعِيبَ بِهِ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً، كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ: إِنَّ عَمْرًا لَا يَحْفَظُ لِسَانَهُ "