72 – Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Shaqīq said, “Ḥāmid related to me; ⦗78⦘ ʿAbd Allāh—meaning Ibn al-Mubārak—also informed us, from al-Awzāʿī, who said: ‘It used to be said that among the major sins is for a man to commit a sin and then belittle it.’ Ibn Abī al-Dunyā remarked: ‘I found this report in the book of Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, in his own handwriting, and he told me, “Transmit it on my authority.”’