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Zubair al-Hanafi the following: I was sitting, he said, with Abu'n-Nadir ash-Ghanawi, who was a devotee of the first order, when his eye fell on a handsome lad.
-He gazed at him for a long time, and when the lad started to go, Abu'n-Nadir said: I implore thee by the Kindly, the All-knowing, the Hearing, the Seeing, the Unrivalled, to stand still.
We have been informed by Abu'l-Qasim al-Harirl that Abu't-:Tayyib at-Tabari said: I have heard how this community which listens to music in addition gazes on the face of a beardless lad, often decking him with ornaments, dyed garments, and ribbons.
We have been told by Shuhdah, the lady-writer, ·a tradition going back to Abu-l:lamzah the $ufi according to which the 1, Notice of him in Kitiib Baghdad XI.
'Umar said: I have been told that Abu-Muslim al• Khumshu '1,4 having gazed for a long time at a handsome lad, said : Good gracious, how eagerly does my eye rush to its own torture, how per• sistent it is in angering its Lord, how provocative it is to what is forbidden, and how delighted it is with what it has been warned against!
'Abd according to which he said: I heard Abu'l-Husain an-Nurl'' say: I saw a handsome lad in Baghdad and gazed on him, then wishing to 1.
It is recorded that al-Halabi was in the habit of saying: Salam the Black observed a man gazing at a lad, and said to him : My friend, guard your dignity with God, for you will retain it so long as you reverence Him. Also that Abu-Man~iir 'Abd al-Qadir b.