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- ʿAbd Allāh related to us; my father related to us; Yazīd related to us; Hishām informed us, from al-Ḥasan, who said: “Nothing of Job—peace be upon him—remained sound except his eyes, his heart, and his tongue; insects and vermin would crawl across his body.” He added, “He stayed on the refuse heap for seven years and some days”—or he said, “and months.” Yazīd commented, “I am uncertain.”
٢٢٥ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أبِي، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، أَنْبَأَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ: «مَا كَانَ بَقِيَ مِنْ أَيُّوبَ إِلَّا عَيْنَاهُ وَقَلْبُهُ وَلِسَانُهُ؛ فَكَانَتِ الدَّوَابُّ تَخْتَلِفُ فِي جَسَدِهِ» قَالَ: «وَمَكَثَ فِي الْكُنَاسَةِ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ وَأَيَّامًا» أَوْ قَالَ: «وَأَشْهُرًا» قَالَ يَزِيدُ: أَنَا أَشُكُّ