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347 – Reported by Damrah, from ʿAlī ibn Abī Ḥamlah, who said: Sulaymān ibn Saʿd was responsible for the instruction and discipline of al-Walīd and Sulaymān. ʿAbd al-Malik said to him, “Sulaymān, do not strike my sons on their faces.” Severity, however, was part of Sulaymān’s temperament.
٣٤٧ - وَعَنْ ضَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْلَةَ، قَالَ: كَانَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ يُؤَدِّبُ الْوَلِيدَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ: «يَا سُلَيْمَانُ لَا تَضْرِبْ وُجُوهَ بَنِيَّ» وَكَانَ فِي خُلُقِ سُلَيْمَانَ شِدَّةٌ