103 – ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us; he said: one of our companions related to me, from Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Iṣbahānī, from ʿAbd al-Salām ibn Ḥarb, who said:

Al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥurr once spoke about a man from Syria, praising his devotion. Khalaf ibn Ḥawshab asked him, “And how soft-hearted was he?” He replied, “His softness is gone—have you not seen how a bereaved mother grows numb?”