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24 – Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abi ʿAttab narrated to us, Abdullah ibn Salih al-ʿIjli narrated to us, from al-Mubarak ibn Saʿid, who said: My brother Sufyan wrote to me:
“Now then: see to your household with excellence, and let death never slip from your mind. And peace.”
٢٤ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَتَّابٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الْعِجْلِيُّ، عَنِ الْمُبَارَكِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ: كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ أَخِي سُفْيَانُ: «أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَأَحْسِنِ الْقِيَامَ عَلَى عِيَالِكَ وَلْيَكُنِ الْمَوْتُ مِنْ بَالِكَ، وَالسَّلَامُ»