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- Hārūn ibn ʿAbd Allāh related to us; he said: Siyyār related to us; he said: ʿUthmān Abū Ibrāhīm—one of Mālik ibn Dīnār’s regular companions—said: ⦗177⦘ I heard Mālik say to one of his brothers in faith, “I have a longing for a soft loaf of bread with some curdled milk.” The man went off, procured the food, and brought it back. Mālik kept gazing at the two items, then said, “I have desired you for forty years and have always conquered that desire. Would you conquer me now? Take it away from me.” And he refused to eat.
٢٩٦ - حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ أَبُو إِبْرَاهِيمَ، مِنْ جُلَسَاءِ مَالِكِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، قَالَ: ⦗١٧٧⦘ سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا، يَقُولُ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ إِخْوَانِهِ: «إِنِّي لَأَشْتَهِي رَغِيفًا لَيِّنًا بِلَبَنٍ رَائِبٍ» ، قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقَ فَجَاءَ بِهِ، فَجَعَلَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «اشْتَهَيْتُكَ مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةٍ فَغَلَبْتُكَ، أَفَتُرِيدُ أَنْ تَغْلِبَنِي الْآنَ؟ ارْفَعْهُ عَنِّي» ، وَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ