115 – Hamzah narrated to me; he said: ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: Ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us; he said: Ibn ʿAwn, on the authority of Muhammad, reported:

“Ibn ʿUmar used to visit the provincial governors, but then he stopped going to them. I said to him, ‘Why not pay them a visit?’ He replied, ‘I dislike that, if I speak, they should think what is in my heart is other than what it truly is; yet if I keep silent, I am afraid I might be sinning.’”