Hadith 12

(The books) ‘Ikmal Al Deen’ (and) ‘Illal Al Sharaie’ (and) ‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – My father, from Sa’ad, from Ibn Hashim, from Ibn Marrar, from Yunus, from Yunus Bin Yaqoub who said, ‘There was a group of his-asws companions in the presence of Abu Abdullah Al-Sadiq-asws, among them was Humran Bin Ayn, and Momin Al-Taq, and Hisham Bin Salim, and Al-Tayyar, and a group of his-asws companions, among them being Hisham Bin Al-Hakam, and he was a youth. Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘O Hisham! ’ He said, ‘At your-asws service, O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! ’ He-asws said: ‘Will you not narrate to me-asws how you dealt with Amro Bin Ubeyd, and how you asked him? ’ Hisham said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-saww O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! I admire you-asws and am embarrassed from you-asws and my tongue does not work in front of you-asws’. Abu Abdullah Al-Sadiq-asws said: ‘O Hisham! When I-asws order you with something, then do it’. Hisham said, ‘It reached me what Amro Bin Ubeyd and his gatherers had been (discussing) in, in the Masjid of Al-Basra, and that was grievous upon me. So, I went out to him and entered Al-Basra during the day of Friday. I went to the Masjid of Al-Basra, and there I was by a large circle, and there I was by Amro Bin Ubeyd, there was a black cloak of wool upon him he had trousered with, and a cloak he had shirted with, and the people were asking him. I cleaved the people and they made way for me, then I sat upon my knees among the last of the people, then I said, ‘O you scholar! I am a stranger man. Can you permit me to ask you about an issue? ’ He said, ‘Yes’. I said to him, ‘Is there an eye for you? ’ He said, ‘O my son! Which thing is this from the questions? ’ I said, ‘That is how my question is’. He said, ‘O my son! Ask, and even though your questions are foolish’. He said, ‘I said, ‘Answer me regarding it’. He said to me, ‘Ask’. I said, ‘Is there an eye for you? ’ He said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘So what do you see with it? ’ He said, ‘The colours, and the persons’. I said, ‘Is there a nose for you? ’ He said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘So what do you do with it? ’ He said, ‘I smell the aromas with it’. I said, ‘Is there a mouth for you, and what do you do with it? ’ He said, ‘I recognise the taste of the things’. I said, ‘Is there a tongue for you? ’ He said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘And what do you do with it? ’ He said, ‘I speak with it’.