594 — ʿUthmān ibn Abī Shayba narrated to us: al-Ashjaʿī narrated to us, from Sufyān al-Thawrī, from al-Aʿmash and Mansūr, from Ibrāhīm, from Hammām ibn al-Hārith, who said: al-Miqdād ibn al-Aswad—may Allah be pleased with him—said, “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded us, whenever we saw those who lavish praise, to throw dust in their faces.”