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41 — Muhammad ibn al-Husayn informed me: al-Asmaʿī narrated to us, saying: When death approached my grandfather, ʿAlī ibn Asmaʿ, he gathered his sons and said, “My sons, conduct yourselves toward people in such a way that, when you are absent, they long for you, and when you die, they weep for you.”
٤١ - وَأَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، نا الْأَصْمَعِيُّ، قَالَ: لَمَّا حَضَرَتْ جَدِّي عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَصْمَعَ الْوَفَاةَ جَمَعَ بَنِيهِ، فَقَالَ: «يَا بَنِيَّ، عَاشِرُوا النَّاسَ مُعَاشَرَةً إِنْ غِبْتُمْ حَنُّوا إِلَيْكُمْ، وَإِنْ مِتُّمْ بَكَوْا عَلَيْكُمْ»