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وروي أن الليث بن سعد حلف أن يضرب أبا حنيفة بالسيف، ثم ندم من هذه المقالة وطلب المخرج من يمينه، فقال أبو حنيفة: خذ السيف واضربني بعرضه فتخرج عن يمينك.
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It is related that al-Layth ibn Saʿd swore to strike Abū Ḥanīfa with a sword. He regretted saying this and sought a way out of his oath. Abū Ḥanīfa said: “Take the sword and strike me with its flat side, and you will discharge your oath.”
Sources and text notes
al-Zaranjarī, Manāqib Abī Ḥanīfa · Reading edition: Şimşek & Kütük (2018).
- Şimşek & Kütük (2018), printed page 151 · View source page →