396 – ʿAlī Abū al-Hasan narrated to me: Abū Sālih narrated to us: al-Layth ibn Saʿd narrated to me that ʿUmar ibn al-Khattāb, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “Do you know why jesting is called mizāh? They replied, ‘No.’ He said, ‘Because it veers away from the truth.’”