23 – Al-Haytham narrated, through al-Shaʿbī, from Masrūq, from ʿAbd Allah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: “Since the day I accepted Islam I have not lied except once. I used to saddle the Messenger of Allah’s riding beast. A camel-attendant from Taʾif came to me and asked, ‘Which mount is dearest to the Messenger of Allah?’ I replied, ‘The one from Taʾif that is bred in Mecca.’ Ibn Masʿūd added, ‘Yet he actually disliked that kind.’ When the attendant saddled it and brought it, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, ‘Who prepared this animal for us?’ They answered, ‘Your camel-attendant whom you brought from Taʾif.’ He said, ‘Return the mount to Ibn Masʿūd.’”}