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1811 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad, a man from Raʾs al-ʿAyn, narrated to me; ⦗253⦘ Muḥammad b. ʿĪsā al-Ṭabbāʿ narrated to us; Makhlad b. Ḥusayn narrated to us, from Wāṣil, the client of Ibn ʿUyaynah, who said: One of the salaf remarked, “Were it not that such words would be deemed self-praise, I would have disparaged myself before you.”
١٨١١ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، مِنْ أَهْلِ رَأْسِ الْعَيْنِ، حَدَّثَنَا ⦗٢٥٣⦘ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى الطَّبَّاعُ، حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ، عَنْ وَاصِلٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ بَعْضُ السَّلَفِ: «لَوْلَا أَنْ تَكُونَ مِدْحَةً لَذَمَمْتُ لَكُمْ نَفْسِي»