12 - Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar al-Wakīʿī narrated to us, [saying]: Yaḥyā ibn Yamān narrated to us, from Sufyān, from Ḍirār ibn Murra Abū Sinān, who said: It used to be said: "O worldly life, become bitter to the believer so that he may be patient with you; do not turn sweet for him, lest you tempt him."
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