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230—Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Ja‘far al-Bazzar informed us. He said: Sa‘id ibn Muhammad al-Hannat narrated to us. He said: Ishaq ibn Abi Isra’il narrated to us. He said: Mu‘tamir ibn Sulayman narrated to us from Humayd, who said: Abu al-‘Aliyah said:
“I do not know which of the two blessings bestowed upon me is greater: that Allah brought me out of polytheism into Islam, or that He safeguarded me within Islam from having a vain desire in it.”
٢٣٠ - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْبَزَّارُ , قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَنَّاطُ , قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ , قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ , عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ , قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو الْعَالِيَةِ: " مَا أَدْرِي أَيُّ النِّعْمَتَيْنِ عَلَيَّ أَعْظَمُ: إِذْ أَخْرَجَنِي اللَّهُ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ , أَوْ عَصَمَنِي فِي الْإِسْلَامِ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي فِيهِ هَوًى "