1717 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; my father narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Bazzār Abū Jaʿfar narrated to us; Ismāʿīl ibn Ziyād narrated to us, from Ṭalḥah ibn Yaḥyā, who said:

I was sitting with ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz when a man came in and said to him, “O Commander of the Believers, may Allah keep you alive as long as life is good for you.” He replied, “That matter has already been settled. Rather, say: ‘May Allah grant you a wholesome life and take you in death among the righteous.’”