(No. 352) ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us—my father narrated to me; Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us, who said:

“John and Jesus, peace be upon them both, used to enter a village. Jesus would ask about the most wicked of its people, while John would inquire about the most righteous among them. Someone said to Jesus, ‘Why do you lodge with the wicked?’ He replied, ‘I am only a physician, and the ones I treat are the sick.’”