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128 – Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr narrated to us; Sulayman ibn Harb narrated to us; Ghassan ibn Mudar narrated to us, from Saʿid ibn Yazid, who said:
When death approached Shaqiq ibn Thawr he declared, “Would that he had never been the leader ⦗77⦘ of his people! How much falsehood we have validated, and how much truth we have nullified.”
١٢٨ - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا غَسَّانُ بْنُ مُضَرَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، قَالَ: قَالَ شَقِيقُ بْنُ ثَوْرٍ، حِينَ حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ: «لَيْتَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ سَيِّدَ ⦗٧٧⦘ قَوْمِهِ، كَمْ مِنْ بَاطِلٍ قَدْ حَقَّقْنَاهُ، وَحَقٍّ قَدْ أَبْطلْنَاهُ»