973 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Abu Musa al-Ansari narrated to us; ʿAbayah ibn Kulayb said, ⦗144⦘ and ʿAbd Allah also narrated: I was informed by Sayyār; Abu ʿĀṣim al-ʿAbadānī narrated to us:

A man once said to Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī, “If I were instructed to clear away the spiders’ webs that cover the ceiling of the house, I would clean it.”

He replied, “Do you not know that the early generations disliked surplus gazing?”

Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī then added, “I have been told that Mujāhid had something upon the roof of his house for thirty years without ever noticing it.”