176 – Muhammad ibn Ḥassan al-Samti narrated to us; he said: Ismaʿil ibn Mujalid reported to us, from his father, from al-Shaʿbi, who said: Whenever ʿUmar appointed an official, he stipulated three conditions for him: he must not ride pedigree horses, he must not wear Sābirī cloth—the costly Persian fabric—and no flour was to be sifted for him.