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1591 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Harun ibn ʿAbd Allah narrated to me; Zayd ibn al-Hubab narrated to us, from Sufyan al-Thawri, from Salamah ibn Kuhayl, who said: “I have never seen anyone who sought Allah’s Countenance through knowledge—Exalted is He—except these three: ⦗226⦘ ʿAtaʾ, Tawus, and Mujahid.”
١٥٩١ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ، حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ قَالَ: مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا يَطْلُبُ بِالْعِلْمِ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ – Exalté soit-Il – إِلَّا هَؤُلَاءِ الثَّلَاثَةَ يَعْنِي ⦗٢٢٦⦘ عَطَاءً وَطَاوُسًا وَمُجَاهِدًا "