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461 – Ishaq ibn Ismaʿil narrated to us; Yahya ibn ʿIsa al-Ramli narrated to us; al-Aʿmash narrated to us. He said: Salim ibn Abi al-Jaʿd used to prepare pickled relishes and similar dishes like those you make in your own homes, and then he would give them away in charity. His family said to him, “You go off and leave nothing for us?” He replied, “For me to depart with goodness and leave you with hardship is dearer to me than to depart with hardship and leave you with goodness.”
٤٦١ - حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عِيسَى الرَّمْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ، قَالَ: كَانَ سَالِمُ بْنُ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ يَصْنَعُ الْكَوَامِخَ وَأَشْيَاءَ نَحْوَ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَصَدَّقُ بِهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ أَهْلُهُ: تَذْهَبُ وَلَا تَتْرُكُ لَنَا شَيْئًا؟ قَالَ: أَذْهَبُ بِخَيْرٍ وَأَتْرُكُكُمْ بِشَرِّ، أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَذْهَبَ بِشَرٍّ وَأَتْرُكُكُمْ بِخَيْرٍ