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210 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: Hamzah b. al-ʿAbbās also related to me; he said: ʿAbdān b. ʿUthmān informed us; Ibn al-Mubārak said: Usayd b. ʿAbbād reported, from Ibn Abī Nujayḥ, from Mujāhid, who said: “David asked his Lord to place his sin in the palm of his hand. After that he would not reach for food or drink, nor stretch his hand toward anything, without seeing his sin before him—and it made him weep.”
٢١٠ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي حَمْزَةُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ: قَالَ أُسَيْدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ: عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، قَالَ: «سَأَلَ دَاوُدُ رَبَّهُ ﷿ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ خَطِيئَتَهُ فِي كَفِّهِ، فَكَانَ لَا يَتَنَاوَلُ طَعَامًا وَلَا شَرَابًا، وَلَا يَمُدُّ يَدَهُ إِلَى شَيْءٍ إِلَّا أَبْصَرَ خَطِيئَتَهُ، فَأَبْكَاهُ»