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68 – Muhammad ibn al-Ḥusayn narrated to me; Muhammad ibn Muʿāwiya al-Azraq al-Nawwāʾ (the rope-seller) narrated to me; one of our companions narrated to me, saying:
I asked ʿAṭāʾ al-Sulaymī, “What do you long for?”
He answered, “I long to weep until I can weep no more.”
And so he would weep night and day, his tears constantly flowing down his face.
٦٨ - حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْأَزْرَقُ النَّوَّاءُ، حَدَّثَنِي بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِعَطَاءٍ السُّلَيْمِيِّ،: مَا تَشْتَهِي؟ فَقَالَ: «أَشْتَهِي أَنْ أَبْكِيَ حَتَّى لَا أَقْدِرَ عَلَى أَنْ أَبْكِيَ» ، قَالَ: فَكَانَ يَبْكِي اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ، وَكَانَتْ دُمُوعُهُ سَائِلَهً عَلَى وَجْهِهِ