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1879 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us, ʿAli ibn Muslim narrated to us, Sayyār narrated to us; ʿUthmān Abū Ibrāhīm al-Ḥimyārī, who used to sit with Mālik ibn Dīnār, narrated: I heard Mālik ibn Dīnār say to one of his companions, “I have a craving for a soft loaf topped with sour milk.” The man went off and brought it. The milk was poured over the bread, and Mālik kept turning it over, inspecting it. Then he said, “I have desired you for forty years, and all that time I have bested you; today you seek to best me. Away from me!” And he refused to eat it. }
١٨٧٩ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ أَبُو إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ، جَلِيسُ مَالِكِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ دِينَارٍ يَقُولُ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ: إِنِّي لَأَشْتَهِي رَغِيفًا لَيِّنًا بِلَبَنٍ رَائِبٍ، فَانْطَلَقَ فَجَاءَ بِهِ قَالَ: فَجُعِلَ لَهُ عَلَى الرَّغِيفِ قَالَ: فَجَعَلَ مَالِكٌ يُقَلِّبُهُ وَيَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ: " أَشْتَهِيكَ مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فَغَلَبْتُكَ حَتَّى كَانَ الْيَوْمُ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَغْلِبَنِي، إِلَيْكَ عَنِّي قَالَ: وَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ "