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243 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: Ishaq ibn Ismaʿil narrated to us; he said: Qabisa narrated to us, from Sufyan, from al-Aʿmash, from Abu Sufyan, from ʿUbayd ibn ʿUmayr, who said: “Black seabirds swooped down upon them, and in their beaks and talons were stones.” Sufyan said: “Ababil means flocks coming one after another.”
٢٤٣ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، قَالَ: «خَرَجَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ طُيُورٌ سُودٌ بَحْرِيَّةٌ، فِي مَنَاقِيرِهَا وَأَظَافِيرِهَا الْحِجَارَةُ» قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: أَبَابِيلَ: الْعُصَبُ الْمُتَتَابِعَةُ