22-22 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Salamat ibn al-Khat’tab, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Abdul Rahman, on the authority of Isma’il ibn Abdul Khaliq, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Talha that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said,

“The Honorable the Exalted God honors those who reach forty years of age and is shy before those who reach eighty years of age.”