Mutarrif ibn 'Imran ibn ash-Shakhir said, "I accompanied 'Imran
ibn Husayn to Basra. Every day he used to recite poetry to us and he said,
'Indirect allusions give ample scope to avoid lying.'"
'Umar said, "A man is reckoned to be lying when he gives voice
to all that he hears." He said, "As for cases of indirect allusion, are
they enough to keep a Muslim from lying?"
'Amr ibn al-'As said, "I am astonished at a man who flees from
fate when he is all the time attacking it and who sees the mote in his
brother's eye and not the trunk in his own eye. He uncovers the rancour
in his brother's heart and not the rancour in himself. I have never entrusted
anyone with a secret of mine and then blamed him for divulging it. How
could I blame him when I have given him something he is incapable of doing?"
حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي مَسِيرٍ لَهُ، فَحَدَا الْحَادِي، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: ارْفُقْ يَا أَنْجَشَةُ وَيْحَكَ بِالْقَوَارِيرِ.
Anas ibn Malik said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, was on one of his journeys and the camel-drive was
chanting (to make the camels move). The Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, 'Gently, Anjasha! Be careful with the glass vessels
(meaning the women).'"
