13 – It has also reached me—through Ḥāmid ibn ʿUmar al-Bakrawī—who said: I heard ʿAbd Allāh ibn Thaʿlabah address Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah, saying, “O Abū Muḥammad, wā ḥuznāh ʿalā al-ḥuzn (grief upon grief)!” Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah replied, “Have you ever grieved over Allah’s prior knowledge concerning you?” ʿAbd Allāh answered, “You have left me with no joy at all.”