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- ʿUbayd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad related to us; ʿAli ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yazid al-Riyāhī told us; he said: my father narrated, saying: I heard Shuʿayb ibn Harb say, “I asked Mālik ibn Mighwal, ‘Give me some advice.’ He replied, ‘I advise you to love the two Shaykhs—Abu Bakr and ʿUmar.’ I said, ‘Allah has granted immense good through that.’ He retorted, ‘You fool! By Allah, I hope for you, on account of loving them, what I hope for you on account of tawḥīd (pure monotheism).’”
٢٣٣٨ - أنا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ، أنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الرِّيَاحِيُّ، قَالَ: نا أَبِي قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ شُعَيْبَ بْنَ حَرْبٍ يَقُولُ: قُلْتُ لِمَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ: أَوْصِنِي قَالَ: " أُوصِيكَ بِحُبِّ الشَّيْخَيْنِ، أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ، قُلْتُ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَعْطَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا، قَالَ: أَيْ لُكَعُ، وَاللَّهِ لَأَرْجُو لَكَ عَلَى حُبِّهِمَا مَا أَرْجُو لَكَ عَلَى التَّوْحِيدِ "