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166 – Abu Khaythama narrated to us; he said: Ismaʿil ibn ʿUlayyah narrated to us, from Yunus, from al-Hasan, from ʿUtay, from Ubayy ibn Kaʿb, who said: “The food of the son of Adam has been set forth as a parable for this world: however much he may salt it and season it, he already knows what it will ultimately become.”
١٦٦ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ عُتَيٍّ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بنِ كَعْبٍ، قَالَ: «إِنَّ مَطْعَمَ ابْنِ آدَمَ ضُرِبَ مِثْلًا لِلدُّنْيَا، وَإِنَّ مَلَّحَهُ وَقَزَحَهُ، فَقَدْ عَلِمَ إِلَى مَا يَصِيرُ»