73 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us and said: “Muhammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Qurashī told me; Abū al-Yaqẓān Suḥaym ibn Ḥafṣ transmitted to us; he said: al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf reported, on the authority of ʿAbd al-Malik: ‘An intelligent man whose fortunes are waning is more promising than a foolish man whose fortunes are waxing.’”