216 — Jafar ibn Muhammad al-Sandalī narrated to us, saying: Al-Fadl ibn Ziyād narrated to us, saying: Abū Abd Allah Ahmad ibn Hanbal narrated to us, saying: Al-Hasan ibn Mūsā narrated to us, saying: Hammād ibn Salama narrated to us, from Abū Jafar al-Khatmī, from his father, from his grandfather, Umayr ibn Habīb, who said: “Faith increases and decreases.” He was asked, “What causes it to increase and decrease?” He replied: “When we remember Allah, praise Him, and glorify Him, that is its increase. But when we become heedless, neglect our duties, and forget, that is its decrease.”