Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1290
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حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ عَنْ بِلاَلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ الأَشْعَرِيِّ
أَنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ اكْتُبْ إِلَيَّ فُسَّاقَ دِمَشْقَ فَقَالَ مَا لِي وَفُسَّاقُ دِمَشْقَ؟ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ أَعْرِفُهُمْ؟ فَقَالَ ابْنُهُ بِلاَلٌ أَنَا أَكْتُبُهُمْ فَكَتَبَهُمْ قَالَ مِنْ أَيْنَ عَلِمْتَ؟ مَا عَرَفْتَ أَنَّهُمْ فُسَّاقٌ إِلاَّ وَأَنْتَ مِنْهُمْ ابْدَأْ بِنَفْسِكَ وَلَمْ يُرْسِلْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ
Translation
✧ Mu'awiya wrote to Abu al-Darda': 'Write to me the transgressors of Damascus.' He said: 'What do I have to do with the transgressors of Damascus? How would I know them?' His son Bilal said: 'I will write them.' So he wrote them. He said: 'How did you know? You only knew they were transgressors because you are one of them. Begin with yourself.' And he did not send their names.
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