187 - Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Zurārah narrated to us, Ḥammād ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Budayl ibn Maysarah, that Muṭarrif ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Shikhkhīr used to say: "That I be granted well-being and give thanks is more beloved to me than that I be afflicted and show patience." And he stated that Abū al-ʿAlāʾ used to say: "O Allah, whichever of those two is more beloved to You, grant it to me."
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