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- ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; my father narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿAdī narrated to us, from Ibn ʿAwn, from Bakr: It was said to Abū Tamīmah, “How are you, Abū Tamīmah?” He replied, “I am between two blessings: a sin that is concealed and unknown to these people, and a remark I once made that has spread from tongue to tongue—because of it they have exalted me, yet by Allah, I have not reached that level, nor anything close to it.”
١٤٤١ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ بَكْرٍ، قِيلَ لِأَبِي تَمِيمَةَ: كَيْفَ أَنْتَ يَا أَبَا تَمِيمَةَ؟ قَالَ: «أَنَا بَيْنَ نِعْمَتَيْنِ بَيْنَ ذَنْبٍ مَسْتُورٍ وَلَا يَشْعُرُ بِهِ هَؤُلَاءِ النَّاسُ وَبَيْنَ شَيْءٍ قُلْتُ جَرَى عَلَى أَلْسِنَةِ هَؤُلَاءِ النَّاسِ رَفَعُونِي إِلَيْهِ وَاللَّهِ مَا بَلَغْتُهُ وَلَا قَرِيبًا»