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- Muhammad ibn Dawud narrated to me; my nephew Hafs ibn Maysarah also narrated, saying: When Bishr ibn Ruh al-Muhallabi arrived in Asqalan as governor, he asked, “Who is here?” They replied, “Abu ʿUmar al-Sanʿani”—meaning Hafs ibn Maysarah. So he went to him, and Hafs came out to meet him. Bishr said, “Admonish me.” He replied, ⦗73⦘ “Set right what remains of your life and what has already passed will be forgiven; but if you corrupt what remains, you will be taken to task for what has already gone by.”
٦١ - حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَخِي حَفْصِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ، قَالَ: قَدِمَ بِشْرُ بْنُ رَوْحٍ الْمُهَلَّبِيُّ أَمِيرًا عَلَى عَسْقَلَانَ فَقَالَ: مَنْ هَاهُنَا؟، قِيلَ: أَبُو عُمَرَ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ يَعْنِي حَفْصَ بْنَ مَيْسَرَةَ فَأَتَاهُ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: عِظْنِي، فَقَالَ ⦗٧٣⦘: «أَصْلِحْ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ عُمُرِكَ يُغْفَرْ لَكَ مَا قَدْ مَضَى مِنْهُ، وَلَا تُفْسِدْ فِيمَا بَقِيَ فَتُؤْخَذْ فِيمَا قَدْ مَضَى»