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157 – Muhammad ibn al-Husayn narrated to us; Abu Tawbah, al-Rabiʿ ibn ⦗125⦘ Nafiʿ, narrated to us; Muhammad ibn al-Muhajir narrated, from Yunus ibn Halbas:
A band of young men—people of insight—summoned one another and declared, “Come, let us give up every pleasure before old age overtakes us and the very joints that once had the strength to pursue our desires grow slack.”
١٥٧ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، ثنا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ ⦗١٢٥⦘ نَافِعٍ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُهَاجِرِ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ حَلْبَسٍ: أَنَّ فِتْيَةً، مِنَ الْحُكَمَاءِ تَدَاعَوْا فَقَالُوا: تَعَالَوْا نَتْرُكْ كُلَّ لَذَّةٍ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ نُدْرِكَ الْكِبَرَ، فَتَسْتَرْخِي الْمَفَاصِلُ الَّتِي كَانَتْ قَوِيَّةً عَلَى الشَّهَوَاتِ "