133 – ʿUthmān ibn Ṣāliḥ narrated to us; Saʿīd ibn ʿĀmir passed it on; Jaʿfar ibn Sulaymān reported:

People once said to Muḥammad ibn Wāsiʿ, “Why do you not address the people?”

He replied, “Praise be to Allah; this very declaration is a good public deed.” Then he recited, “If you are righteous, He is ever-Forgiving to those who constantly turn back” (Q 17:25), and after that he said nothing further.