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- ʿAbdullah narrated to us; my father narrated to me; Sayyār narrated to us; Jaʿfar narrated to us, who said: “The clouds would come and go without releasing any rain, and Mālik would remark, ‘You are impatient for the rain, whereas I am impatient for the stones; as long as stones do not rain down upon us, we are in a good state.’”
١٨٩٨ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ، حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ قَالَ: كَانَتِ الْغُيُومُ تَجِيءُ وَتَذْهَبُ وَلَا تُمْطِرُ، فَيَقُولُ مَالِكٌ: «أَنْتُمْ تَسْتَبْطِئُونَ الْمَطَرَ وَأَنَا أَسْتَبْطِئُ الْحِجَارَةَ، إِنْ لَمْ تُمْطِرْ حِجَارَةً فَنَحْنُ بِخَيْرٍ»