Hārūn ibn ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us, saying: Sayyār narrated to us, saying: ʿĀmir ibn Yasāf narrated to us, saying: Yaḥyā ibn Abī Kathīr told me: “People keep saying, ‘So-and-so is a devout ascetic; so-and-so is a devout ascetic.’ Yet the true ascetic is only the one who exercises scrupulous restraint.”