338 – Mujāhid ibn Mūsā narrated to us; Maʿn ibn ʿĪsā narrated to us; ʿUmar ibn Salām narrated: When ʿAbd al-Malik put his sons in the care of al-Shaʿbī to tutor them, he said, “Teach them poetry so that they may become distinguished and refined; keep their hair well groomed, that their necks might grow strong; and seat them in the company of the elite, where they will be challenged in conversation.”