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2284 – ʿAbd Allah related to us; my father related to me; Ḥajjāj ibn Muḥammad al-Aʿwar related to us; Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz related to us, from Makḥūl, who said: “Believers are gentle and secure, like a camel with a nose-rope: if you lead it, it complies, and if you make it kneel upon a rock, it kneels.”
٢٢٨٤ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَعْوَرُ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ قَالَ: «الْمُؤْمِنُونَ هَيِّنُونَ آمِنُونَ مِثْلَ الْجَمَلِ الْأَنِفِ إِنْ قُدْتَهُ انْقَادَ وَإِنْ أَنَخْتَهُ عَلَى صَخْرَةٍ اسْتَنَاخَ»