Sa'id al-Maqburi said, "I passed by Ibn 'Umar who had a man with
him with whom he was conversing. I went to them, and he struck me on the
chest and said, 'When you find two men conversing, do not go up to them
nor sit with them until they give you permission.' I said. 'May Allah make
you prosper, Abu 'Abdu'r-Rahman. I hoped that I would hear something good
from you.'"
Ibn 'Abbas said, "Whoever listens to people's conversations when
they do not want him to do so will have molten lead poured into his ears.
Anyone who lies about a dram will be obliged to string a barley bead."
Abu Rifa'a al-'Adawi said, "I came to the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, while he was speaking [i.e. on
Jumu'a]. I said, 'Messenger, a stranger man has come to ask about his deen.
He does not know what his deen is.' He turned to me and stopped speaking.
He was brought a chair which I think had iron legs. (Hamid [one of the
transmitters] said, 'I think that it was black wood like iron).'] He sat
down on it and began to teach me what Allah had taught him. Then he finished
his speech."
