Abu Ali al-Hasan bin al-Hasan bin Shizhim al-Balkhi told us : He told us : Al-Hassan bin Muhammad told us : Ahmed bin Abi Saleh al-Karabisi told us : I heard Ibrahim al-Dalal, my brother’s son, Makki bin Ibrahim, saying : I heard Ibn Ayaynah say : I saw Sufyan al-Thawri in sleep, so I said what God made Your? He said and mentioned something . Did you say God saved you? He said my lack of knowledge of people . He said, so I told him, recommend me . He said : I diminish people’s knowledge .