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58 – Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān narrated to me, from a man of Quraysh, who said: A man wrote to his brother:
"Now then: Receive the day in which you find yourself as a welcome guest, and equip it with provision from yourself … for it will soon be taken from you. And be wary of the rising … upon you during some of its hours. Peace."
٥٨ - حَدَّثَنِي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ قَالَ: كَتَبَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَخٍ لَهُ: «أَمَّا بَعْدُ، فَأَحْسِنْ ضِيَافَةَ يَوْمِكَ الَّذِي أَنْتَ فِيهِ، وَزَوِّدْهُ مِنْكَ. . مَشْخُوصَةٌ عَنْكَ، وَأَشْفِقْ مِنْ طُلُوعٍ. . . عَلَيْكَ مِنْ بَعْضِ سَاعَاتِهِ. وَالسَّلَامُ»