10 – ʿAwn ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ṣalt al-Shāmī narrated to me; he said: Aḥmad ibn Abī al-Ḥawārī told us; he said: Abū Qurra Muḥammad ibn Thābit related to me, from one of his companions, who said: “Whoever devotes his aspiration to discharging the obligatory duties will find no delight in this world.”