1425 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; my father narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Muṣʿab narrated to us—he said: I heard Makhlad ibn al-Ḥusayn relate that al-ʿAlāʾ ibn Ziyād was once approached by a man who said, “Woe to you! I saw you as though you were in Paradise.” He replied, “Has Satan really found no one else to mock besides you and me?”