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- ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Abī Maryam narrated to us, from Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq, who said: Ḥazm al-Quṭaʿī narrated to us: ⦗176⦘ Malik ibn Dinar had been craving fish for a very long time. He said to one of his brothers, “I have been longing for fish for ages.” The man prepared some for him and brought it. Malik looked at the dish, then seized his own beard and said to himself, “O Malik! Whenever you crave something, you go ahead and eat it? Whenever you desire something, you pursue it? What a wretched deed this is, O Malik—shame on you! How unbecoming this is of Malik.”
٢٩٤ - حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَزْمٌ الْقُطَعِيُّ، قَالَ: ⦗١٧٦⦘ اشْتَهَى مَالِكُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ سَمَكًا مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ طَوِيلٍ، فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ إِخْوَانِهِ: «إِنِّي لَأَشْتَهِي السَّمَكَ مُنْذُ دَهْرٍ» ، فَهَيَّأَهُ لَهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَى بِهِ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِلِحْيَةِ نَفْسِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «يَا مَالِكٌ، كُلَّمَا اشْتَهَيْتَ شَيْئًا أَكَلْتَهُ؟ وَكُلَّمَا أَرَدْتَ شَيْئًا رَكِبْتَهُ؟ بِئْسَ الْعَمَلُ هَذَا يَا مَالِكٌ سَوْءَةَ لَكَ، مَا أَقْبَحَ هَذَا بِمَالِكٍ»