249 — Al-Fadl said, “I heard Abū ʿAbd Allāh when he was asked about the decrease of faith. He replied: Wakīʿ narrated to us, from Sufyān, from Hishām ibn ʿUrwa, from his father, who said, ‘A servant’s trustworthiness never decreases without his faith decreasing as well.’” He also said: Ahmad said: Wakīʿ said, “Faith increases and decreases,” and this was also Sufyān’s position.