1779 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said, Nasr ibn ʿAli narrated to me; he said, Musa ibn al-Mughīrah narrated to me:

“I saw Muhammad ibn Sīrīn enter the marketplace at midday, uttering takbīr (Allahu Akbar), reciting tasbīḥ (Subḥān Allah), and remembering Allah—Exalted is He. A man said to him, ‘Abu Bakr, at this hour?’ He replied, ‘It is an hour when people are heedless.’”