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1701—ʿUbayd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad narrated to us; he said: Daʿlaj ibn Ahmad narrated to us; he said: ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz narrated to us; he said: Abū ʿUbayd said concerning the report of ʿAlī: “Faith begins as a tiny speck in the heart; whenever faith increases, that speck increases.”
This is narrated from ʿAwf, from ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmr ibn Hind al-Jumalī ⦗1013⦘, from ʿAlī. Al-Aṣmaʿī said: “The lumẓah is a speck, or something similar to it.”
١٧٠١ - أنا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ، قَالَ: نا دَعْلَجُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ، قَالَ: نا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ فِي حَدِيثِ عَلِيٍّ: «إِنَّ الْإِيمَانَ يَبْدَأُ لُمْظَةً فِي الْقَلْبِ كُلَّمَا ازْدَادَ الْإِيمَانُ ازْدَادَتِ اللُّمْظَةُ» . يُرْوَى ذَلِكَ عَنْ عَوْفٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ هِنْدَ الْجَمَلِيِّ ⦗١٠١٣⦘، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ. قَالَ الْأَصْمَعِيُّ: اللُّمْظَةُ: النُّكْتَةُ، أَوْ نَحْوُهَا