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678 — Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Balkhī also narrated to me: Qutayba ibn Sa‘īd narrated to us, from al-Layth ibn Sa‘d, from Ubayd Allah ibn Abī Ja‘far, from Abū Khalda, who said, “I knew people when they acted without speaking; today, however, they speak without acting.”
٦٧٨ - وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَلْخِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي خَلْدَةَ قَالَ: «أَدْرَكْتُ النَّاسَ وَهُمْ يَعْمَلُونَ وَلَا يَقُولُونَ، وَهُمُ الْيَوْمَ يَقُولُونَ وَلَا يَعْمَلُونَ»