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'I have not seen any person more dutiful to his parents than Fadl ibn Yahya al-Barmaki. He was so dutiful that Yahya would always have warm water for ablution. They were once together in prison and the warden refused to let them bring in wood on a cold night. When Yahya went to sleep, Fadl took a small container, filled it [with] water and held it close to the lamp. He remained standing like this until the morning.’