1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Muhammed bin Yahya al-‘Attar, may Allah be pleased with him, from Ahmad ibn Muhammed, from Ibrahim bin Ishaq, from Abdullah bin Ahmad, from Isma’eel, from al-Khurasani, meaning al-Rida, peace be upon him, that he said
Abstinence from something is not by abandoning it. Abstinence form something is only to take little from it.