1922.] Dihyah al-Kalbi, 285 
a town near Persepolis. It is not impossible that Dihyah 
should have gone thither with “the armies of the Khalifah 
Uthman (r. 23-35 A.H.), and been present when Darabjird was 
taken (27 A.H.), but evidence is wanting. 
The following hadith are quoted from him :— 
(a) The Apostle of God (pale) brought pieces of fine 
Egyptian linen, and gave me a piece saying : “ Tear it in two, 
and cut out a tunic of one for yourself, and give the other to 
your wife to make into a head-covering.’’ As he turned away 
he said: ‘‘ Bid your ti put rgbeey cloth under it so as not 
to ag # her ”’ "(Aba D *ud, ibas 
(6) Another is ett in ‘ahiviad b. Muhammad b. Hanbal’s 
Musnad (IV. 311, Cairo) :— 
KQadm Jt wr yee ie) SAAS Oy) Demo lis gg’ (om ali onc ihe: 
we fylea SHS demi yf al} Jo~) lL ols ye ! fsa w* os pet We 
Ud 
# wyeles Y wd! IS ees LS) JU Was yis da. 6) ee! wy? 
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