28-37 (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Himyari quoted on the authority of al-Ryan ibn al-Salt, “A group of people went to Khorasan to see Al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. They told him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, ‘Some of the members of your household do bad deeds. It would have been good if you had admonished them.” The Imam صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said, “I will not do that.” They asked, “Why?” The Imam صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said, “I heard my father say, ‘Advice is bitter.’”