249 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: Hārūn ibn ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-ʿIjlī narrated to us; he said: a shaykh from al-Azd narrated to us—I heard him say: I saw al-Shaʿbī reading a booklet and marveling at how small it was, while al-Shaʿbī himself kept admiring the eloquence and concision of a letter it contained from ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz to ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd:

“Now then: do not be deluded, O ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd, by Allah’s postponement of His punishment for you; only those who fear missing their moment hasten. And peace.”