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169 – al-Ḥusayn narrated to us; ʿAbd Allah related to us; ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Wāqid reported to us; he said: Ḍamrah narrated from Bashīr ibn Ṭalḥah, from Khālid ibn Durayk, who said: ⦗114⦘
“Once Job—peace be upon him—was afflicted with his ordeal, he said to himself, ‘You enjoyed prosperity for seventy years; so endure hardship for seventy years.’”
١٦٩ - أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ضَمْرَةُ، عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ دُرَيْكٍ، قَالَ: ⦗١١٤⦘ " لَمَّا ابْتُلِيَ أَيُّوبُ ﵇ بِمَا ابْتُلِيَ بِهِ، قَالَ لِنَفْسِهِ: قَدْ نَعِمْتِ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً، فَاصْبِرِي عَلَى الْبَلَاءِ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً "