38 – Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Qurashī—and others—narrated to me, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad al-Muḥāribī, from al-Ḥajjāj ibn Dīnār, who said:

“Al-Ḥakam ibn Ḥujal was a close friend of Ibn Sīrīn. When Muḥammad died, he grieved for him so deeply that people began to visit him as one visits a sick man.

“After that he related: ‘I saw my brother Muḥammad in a dream, in a palatial residence. I said, “My brother, I behold you in a state that gladdens me. What became of al-Ḥasan?” He answered, “He has been raised seventy degrees above me.” I said, “Why is that, when we used to think you were the more excellent of the two?” He replied, “That is because of the length of his mourning.”’