1742 — Muhammad ibn Ubayd Allah ibn al-Hajjaj narrated to us. He said: Ahmad ibn al-Hasan narrated to us. He said: Abdullah ibn Ahmad narrated to us. He said: Abu al-Hasan ibn al-Qattan ⦗1031⦘ Muhammad ibn Muhammad narrated to me. He said: I heard Surayj ibn al-Numan say: I asked Abdullah ibn Nafiʿ, and he said: Malik said, “Faith is speech and action; it increases and decreases.”