71 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us and said: Muhammad ibn Qudāmah related to me; Abū al-Ḥusayn al-ʿUkli transmitted to us, from Mahdī ibn Maymūn, from Yūnus ibn ʿUbayd, who said that Maymūn ibn Mihrān declared: “Cultivating affection toward people is half of intelligence, and asking with grace is half of knowledge.”