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- Abd al-Wahid ibn Muhammad al-Farisi informed us; Muhammad ibn Makhlad narrated to us; Salih ibn Ahmad narrated to us; Ali ibn al-Madini narrated to me. He said: “I heard Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi...” Another chain: Ahmad ibn Ubayd informed us; Muhammad ibn al-Husayn informed us; Ahmad ibn Zuhayr narrated to us; Ali ibn al-Madini narrated to us. He said: “I heard Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi say: ‘Among the scholars of Basra, Ibn Awn: when you see a man who loves him, be at ease regarding him. Among the Kufans, Malik ibn Mighwal and Za'idah ibn Qudamah: when you see a Kufi who loves them, hope for goodness from him. Among the people of Syria are al-Awza'i and Abu Ishaq al-Fazari; and among the people of the Hijaz is Malik ibn Anas.’”
٤٠ - أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفَارِسِيُّ , ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ , ثنا صَالِحُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ , حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ , قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ , ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ , أنبا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ , ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زُهَيْرٍ , ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ , قَالَ: " سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ يَقُولُ: «ابْنُ عَوْنٍ فِي الْبَصْرِيِّينَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الرَّجُلَ يُحِبُّهُ فَاطْمَئِنَّ إِلَيْهِ , وَفِي الْكُوفِيِّينَ مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ , وَزَائِدَةُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ , إِذَا رَأَيْتَ كُوفِيًّا يُحِبُّهُ فَارْجُ خَيْرَهُ , وَمِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ وَأَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْفَزَارِيُّ , وَمِنْ أَهْلِ الْحِجَازِ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ»