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29 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: Fudayl ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab narrated to us; he said: Jarir ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Abu al-Tayyah, from ʿAbd Allah ibn Abi Hudhayl, who said:
“Nebuchadnezzar said to Daniel (peace be upon him), ‘What enabled me to overpower your people?’ He answered, ‘The magnitude of your own sin and my people’s wrongdoing against themselves.’”
٢٩ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي الْهُذَيْلِ، قَالَ: " قَالَ بُخْتُنَصَّرُ لِدَانْيَالَ ﵇: مَا الَّذِي سَلَّطَنِي عَلَى قَوْمِكَ؟ قَالَ: عِظَمُ خَطِيئَتِكَ، وَظُلْمُ قَوْمِي أَنْفُسَهُمْ "