473 — Al-Firyābī informed us, saying: Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us, saying: Muādh narrated to us, saying: Ibn Awn informed me, saying: A man told Muhammad ibn Sīrīn about two men ⦗889⦘ who disputed over divine decree. One of them said to the other, “Tell me: Is fornication part of the divine decree?” The other replied, “Yes.” Muhammad said, “He found himself facing a man who was truly alive.”