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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

The Compendium of Festivals - Maymun Ibn Qasim Al-Tabarani

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Go, and do not leave anyone of your brethren but that you gather them to your home, feed them, give them drink, and honor their stay.'

So I went out from His presence, and I did not leave anyone of my brethren but that I gathered them to my home, fed [them], gave drink, bestowed robes (khala'tu), and perfumed [them] with incense. Whoever among them had a servant, I escorted him to the end of my street; and whoever did not have a servant, I escorted him to his home, lit his lamp, prepared his bed, bade him farewell, and returned to my home.

I continued my habit and the habit of my brethren like this until my day and night ended in complete joy and happiness. When it was the morrow, I went early to my Master, may His Might be exalted. He said: 'Be like this, O Muhammad ibn Nusayr, on a day like this. However, the Sindhi surpassed you (sabaqaka).'

And the report is complete."

Abu Al-Husayn Ali ibn Sulayman Al-Balkhi told us, he said: Abu Ali Al-Mawsili, known as Al-Abyad (The White), told me, he said: Maysur Al-Balkhi told us, he said: Ayyub Al-Qummi told us, from Jabir ibn Rawahah, from Sa'sa'ah ibn Bahil, from Al-Mufaddal ibn Umar, peace be upon him, who said:

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