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1299 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; my father narrated to me; ʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn ʿAbd al-Wārith narrated to us; ʿAbd Allah ibn Bakr al-Muzanī narrated to us, from Marwān al-Aṣfar, who said:
Al-Aḥnaf ibn Qays used to say, “O Allah, if You punish me, I am indeed worthy of it; but if You forgive me, You alone are worthy of that.”
١٢٩٩ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ الْمُزَنِيُّ، عَنْ مَرْوَانَ الْأَصْفَرِ قَالَ: كَانَ الْأَحْنَفُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ يَقُولُ: «اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ تُعَذِّبْنِي فَأَنَا أَهْلُ ذَاكَ، وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لِي فَأَنْتَ أَهْلُ ذَاكَ»