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463 — Ahmad narrated to us: Mūsā ibn Ismāʿīl narrated to us: Abū ʿAwānah narrated to us, saying: “Raqabah—may Allah have mercy on him—would arrange to meet us to narrate hadith, then say, ‘There is no appointment between me and you whose neglect would cause us to incur sin.’ Yet he would arrive before us.”
٤٦٣ - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ قَالَ: كَانَ رَقَبَةُ، ﵀ يَعِدُنَا فِي الْحَدِيثِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: «لَيْسَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ مَوْعِدٌ نَأْثَمُ مِنْ تَرْكِهِ، فَيَسْبِقُنَا إِلَيْهِ»