69 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us, and Muhammad ibn al-Husayn likewise informed me. Ahmad ibn Sahl narrated to us. He said: I asked Abu ʿUtbah al-Khawwās, “To what point does sorrow reach?” He replied, “To kamd (consuming anguish).” I said, “What is that like?” He answered, “It is to spend your whole life oppressed by grief, constantly renewing for yourself one calamity after another.” The narrator added: Abu ʿUtbah had wept so much that the eyelashes of his eyes had fallen out.