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56 – I was informed by Isḥāq b. Mūsā al-Khaṭmī, who said: Muḥammad b. Zāʾidah Abū Hishām al-Kūfī narrated to us, from Raqabah, who said: Ibrāhīm al-Taymī was once in the dungeon when someone suggested to him, “Why don’t you beseech Allah to grant you relief?” He answered, “I am too ashamed to ask Allah to free me from a circumstance that is bringing me reward.”
٥٦ - حُدِّثْتُ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ مُوسَى الْخَطْمِيِّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زَائِدَةَ أَبُو هِشَامٍ الْكُوفِيُّ، عَنْ رَقَبَةَ، قَالَ: قِيلَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ وَهُوَ فِي الدِّيمَاسِ: لَوْ دَعَوْتَ اللَّهَ ﷿ أَنْ يُفَرِّجَ عَنْكَ؟ قَالَ: «إِنِّي لَأَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ أدْعُوَ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُفَرِّجَ عَنِّي مِمَّا لِي فِيهِ أَجْرٌ»