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38 – Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn narrated to me; Sulaymān Abū Ayyūb al-Baṣrī narrated to us, saying: Murajjaʾ ibn Wadaʿ related to me that ʿAṭāʾ al-Sulaymī said, “Blessed is the one whose lifetime brings him benefit and whose long years add to his righteous deeds. By Allah, I do not consider ʿAṭāʾ to be such a person,” and then he wept.
٣٨ - حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ الْبَصْرِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُرَجَّا بْنُ وَدَاعٍ قَالَ: قَالَ عَطَاءٌ السُّلَيْمِيُّ: طُوبَى لِمَنْ نَفَعَهُ عَيْشُهُ وَكَانَ طُولُ عُمُرِهِ زِيَادَةً فِي عَمَلِهِ. وَاللَّهِ مَا أَرَى عَطَاءً كَذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ بَكَى