945 - Yazid ibn 'Abd Allah al-Asbahani informed me, saying: Ahmad ibn Isma'il narrated to us, saying: I heard Muhammad ibn al-Mubarak al-Suri saying: A man said to Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah—after he had exhorted the people with an exhortation that softened their hearts—the man stood up to him and said: "O Abu Muhammad, what do you say if I stand at this pulpit and covenant with Allah that I will not disobey Him after this day of mine?" He said: Sufyan replied to him: "And who is greater in sin than you, if you swear upon Allah—'Azza wa Jall—that His decree will not take effect upon you?"
٩٤٥ - أَخْبَرَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ، قَالَ: ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ الصُّورِيَّ، يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِسُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ وَقَدْ وَعَظَ النَّاسَ عِظَةً رَقَّتْ مِنْهَا قُلُوبُهُمْ، فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ، مَا تَقُولُ، إِنْ قُمْتُ إِلَى هَذَا الْمِنْبَرِ، فَعَاهَدْتُ اللَّهَ أَنْ لَا أَعْصِيَهُ بَعْدَ يَوْمِي هَذَا؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ سُفْيَانُ: «وَمَنْ أَعْظَمُ مِنْكَ جُرْمًا إِنْ تَأَلَّيْتَ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ لَا يَمْضِيَ فِيكَ حُكْمُهُ»
