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122 – Muhammad ibn Masʿūd narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Razzāq informed us, saying: Whenever Sufyān al-Thawrī was burdened with sorrow, he would throw himself down beside Wuhayb. On one such occasion he said to him, “Abū Umayyah, do you know anyone who wishes for death?” Wuhayb replied, “As for me, I do not.” Sufyān said, “As for me—by Allah—I would love to die; by Allah, I would love to die!” He said it three times.
١٢٢ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ: كَانَ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ، إِذَا اغْتَمَّ، رَمَى بِنَفْسِهِ عَنْدَ وُهَيْبٍ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ: «يَا أَبَا أُمَيَّةَ، أَتَدْرِي أَحَدًا يَتَمَنَّى الْمَوْتَ؟» قَالَ وُهَيْبٌ: أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَا قَالَ لَهُ سُفْيَانُ: «أَمَّا أَنَا فَوَاللَّهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي مِتُّ، وَوَاللَّهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي مِتُّ، قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا»