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1853 – Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān informed us; ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sukkari narrated to us; he said: Zakariyyā ibn Yaḥyā narrated to us; he said: al-Aṣmaʿī and Sulaymān ibn Ḥarb narrated to us; they said: We heard Ḥammād ibn Zayd say: “A Bedouin was asked, ‘Are you a believer?’ He kept replying, ‘Should I declare myself pure?’ Sulaymān added, ‘Ḥammād used to admire that answer.’”
١٨٥٣ - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أنا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّكَّرِيُّ، قَالَ: نا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ: نا الْأَصْمَعِيُّ، وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْنَا حَمَّادَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ، قَالَ: " قِيلَ لِأَعْرَابِيٍّ: أَمُؤْمِنٌ أَنْتَ؟ قَالَ: فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ: أُزَكِّي نَفْسِي، قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ: كَانَ حَمَّادٌ يُعْجِبُهُ قَوْلُهُ "