1973 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; my father narrated to me; ʿAbd al-Rahman narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Nusayr, who said: “I never saw al-Rabiʿ performing a voluntary act of worship in the neighborhood mosque except on a single occasion.” He also related: A man once said to al-Rabiʿ, “Bequeath a muṣḥaf (written copy of the Qur’an) to me.” Al-Rabiʿ looked at his little son and replied, “Those bound by ties of kinship are closer to one another, according to the Book of Allah” (Surah al-Ahzab 33:6).