1246 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; my father narrated to me; Muʿādh narrated to us; Ibn ʿAwn narrated to us, from Muhammad who said:

Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī wrote to ʿĀmir ibn ʿAbd Qays al-ʿAnbarī:

From the servant of Allah to ʿĀmir ibn ʿAbd Allah—who was formerly called ʿAbd Qays—

To proceed: I remember you in a certain state, yet news has reached me that you have changed. If you are still upon what I once knew of you, then fear Allah and remain steadfast; but if you have changed, then fear Allah and return.