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235 — Ibn Jamīl narrated to us. He said: ʿAbd Allah narrated to us. He said: Shuʿba narrated to us, from Saʿīd ibn Abī Burda, from his father, who said: Ibn Umar was circumambulating the Kaaba when he saw a man circumambulating while carrying his mother and reciting:
[rajaz meter]
“I am her camel, docile and mild;
Should her mounts take fright, I do not start.
I carry her, though she carried me more.”
Or he said, “longer.” The man asked, “Do you think I have repaid her, Ibn Umar?” He replied, “No—not even for a single groan.”
٢٣٥ - حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جَمِيلٍ، نا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: نا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ، فَرَأَى رَجُلَا يَطُوفُ حَامِلَا أُمَّهُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ:
[البحر الرجز]
إِنِّي لَهَا بَعِيرُهَا الْمُذَلَّلُ ... إِنْ ذَعِرَتْ رِكَابُهَا لَمْ أَذْعَرُ
أَحْمِلُهَا وَمَا حَمَلَتْنِي أَكْثَرُ
أَوْ قَالَ: أَطْولُ. أَتُرَانِي جَزَيْتُهَا، يَا ابْنَ عُمَرَ؟ فَقَالَ: «لَا، وَلَا زَفْرَةً وَاحِدَةً»