67 – Salamah narrated to us, who said: Suhayl ibn ʿĀṣim related: Mansur narrated to us, saying: ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamid told me:

Shahr ibn Ḥawshab once wrapped his turban, intending to receive a governor who was on his way to him. He then picked up a mirror to examine his face and his turban. Catching sight of his beard, he noticed a single white hair; he plucked it out with his hand, unwound his turban, and kept repeating, “Power after gray hairs—power after gray hairs!”