120 – Al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Sakan al-Baṣrī related to us; Muʿallā ibn Asad related to us; Daylam ibn Ghazwān related, saying: I heard Farkad al-Sabakhī state, “If a man is preserved from committing a particular sin for seven years, he will never return to it thereafter.”

121 – Someone asked one of the sages, “Who are the most self-deluded people?” He replied, “Those who treat sins with the greatest complacency.” He was then asked, “Over what should we weep?” He said, “Over the hours spent in sin.” They asked, “And over what should we feel regret?” He answered, “Over the hours of heedlessness.”