389 – Al-Hasan ibn al-Sabbāh narrated to me: Muhammad ibn Kathīr narrated to us, from Abd Allah ibn Wāqid, from Mūsā ibn Aqīl, that al-Ahnaf ibn Qays—may Allah be pleased with him—used to say, “Whoever talks, laughs, and jokes excessively loses respect, and whoever does something frequently becomes known for it.”