1938 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Muhammad ibn ʿAli narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Saʿid narrated to us; Saʿid ibn ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; from Nusayr; from Bakr, who said:

The daughter of al-Rabīʿ came in while he was sitting with some of his companions and said, “Father, may I go out and play?” He replied, “No.” The group said, “Abū Yazīd, let her play.” He answered, “Such a phrase is nowhere to be found in my record—that I told her, ‘Go and play.’ Rather, what I tell her is: ‘Go and say something good or do something good.’”