2047 — Al-Firyābī also reported to us, saying: Yaqūb ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us, saying: Saīd ibn Āmir narrated to us, saying: I heard my grandmother Asmā relate: “Two men who followed deviant doctrines came to Muhammad ibn Sīrīn and said, ‘Abū Bakr, may we relate something to you?’ He said, ‘No.’ They said, ‘Then may we recite to you a verse from the Book of Allah, Mighty and Majestic?’ He said, ‘No. Either you must get up and leave me, or I will get up and leave.’” The two men then got up and departed.