97 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān narrated to me, from some of his authorities, who said:

It was said to Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib, “ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān has declared, ‘I have reached the point where I no longer rejoice over a good deed I perform, nor do I grieve over a sin I commit.’” He replied, “That is when the death of his heart has been confirmed.”