3 – I heard Muhammad ibn Ismaʿil ibn Samurah al-Ahmasi relating, from ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Muharibi, from Abu Rajaʾ, from Burd ibn Sinan, from Makḥul, from Wathilah ibn al-Asqaʿ, who heard Abu Hurayrah say that the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said: “Be scrupulously pious and you will be the most devoted of people.”