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It is reported that if Hishām Al-Dustawā'ī – Allāh have mercy on him – didn’t have a torch on at home, he would toss and turn in bed until his wife would come with a torch

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It is reported that if Hishām Al-Dustawā'ī – Allāh have mercy on him – didn’t have a torch on at home, he would toss and turn in bed until his wife would come with a torch. She asked him about this once, to which he replied, “If I don’t have a torch, I think about the darkness of the grave.”

Al-Dhahabī, Siyar A’lām Al-Nubalā', in his biography of Hishām Al-Dustawā'ī.

Al-Dhahabī, Siyar A’lām Al-Nubalā', in his biography of Hishām Al-Dustawā'ī

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