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- ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; ʿAlī ibn Muslim narrated to us; Siyyār narrated to us; Ḥammād ibn Zayd narrated to us; my father narrated to me, who said:
Mutarrif ibn ʿAbd Allah once saw a man scoop a handful from a wall. He remarked, “Tell me—if everyone who passed by took a handful, would the people’s wall not be ruined?”
١٣٣٧ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ: رَأَى مُطَرِّفُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَجُلًا أَخَذَ قَبْضَةً مِنْ حَائِطٍ قَالَ: «أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ مَرَّ أَخَذَ قَبْضَةً أَلَيْسَ كَانَ يَذْهَبُ حَائِطُ الْقَوْمِ؟»