113 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Azdi told me, from Talq ibn Ghannam, who said: “I asked Hafs ibn Ghiyath about the explanation of the Prophet’s ﷺ statement, ‘Seek your needs from those of pleasant countenance.’ He answered, ‘The intended meaning is not physical beauty; rather, it is the goodness of one’s face—the cheerful look he shows—when a favor is requested.’”