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29 – Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-‘Abdi narrated to us; al-‘Ala’ ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar told me; Abu ‘Abd al-Samad al-‘Ammi related, saying: I heard Malik ibn Dinar, during his last illness—and these were the final words I ever heard him speak—declare:
“How close bliss is to misery! The two succeed one another and are soon to pass away.”
٢٩ - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْعَبْدِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ، قَالَ: ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ الْعَمِّيُّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ دِينَارٍ، يَقُولُ فِي مَرَضِهِ وَهُوَ مِنْ آخِرِ كَلَامٍ سَمِعْتُهُ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ: مَا أَقْرَبَ النَّعِيمَ مِنَ الْبُؤْسِ يُعْقِبَانِ وَيُوشِكَانِ زَوَالًا