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20 – Muhammad ibn al-Husayn narrated to me; ʿUbayd Allah ibn Muhammad narrated to us and said: I heard an elder from the tribe of Rabiʿah say that a sage once declared, “Indeed … was … and he has left his admonition in your very house; and indeed today was …, while as for tomorrow, you do not know how long a reprieve it will grant you. So where, then, is the combined force of their testimony against you …”
٢٠ - حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ شَيْخًا، مِنْ رَبِيعَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ حَكِيمٌ مِنَ الْحُكَمَاءِ: إِنَّ. . . كَانَ. . . وَخَلَّفَ فِي بَيْتِكَ عِظَتَهُ، وَإِنَّ الْيَوْمَ كَانَ. . . .، وَإِنَّ غَدًا لَا تَدْرِي مَا مُهِلُّهُ، فَأَيْنَ اجْتِمَاعُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ عَلَيْكَ. . . . "