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1061 — ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Mu‘alla al-Tuwaynizi narrated to us; he said: I heard Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali ibn ‘Ubayd, the hadith master, say: I heard Abu ‘Abd Allah ibn Abi Khaythamah say: I heard ‘Amr ibn ‘Ali al-Fallas say:
“I travelled down from Samarra to Baghdad on some business of my own. As I was walking along part of the road, I came upon a skull that had decayed. I picked it up and found written upon its forehead: ‘Wretched,’ with the yā’ bent backward.”
١٠٦١ - وَحَدَّثَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْمُعَلَّى التَّوِينِزِيُّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ عَلِيَّ بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ الْحَافِظَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي خَيْثَمَةَ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ عَمْرَو بْنَ عَلِيٍّ الْفَلَّاسَ يَقُولُ: انْحَدَرْتُ مِنْ سُرَّ مِنْ رَأَى إِلَى بَغْدَادَ فِي حَاجَةٍ لِي، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا أَمْشِي فِي بَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ إِذْ أَنَا بِجُمْجُمَةٍ قَدْ نَخِرَتْ فَأَخَذْتُهَا، فَإِذَا عَلَى الْجَبْهَةِ مَكْتُوبٌ شَقِيٌّ والياءُ مَكْسُورَةٌ إِلَى خَلْفٍ