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- ʿAbd Allah narrated to us, saying: Abu Muhammad ʿAbd al-Rahim b. Yahya al-Daybali told me, from ʿUthman Abu Saʿid al-Basri, from Mubarak b. Fadala, from Humayd b. Hilal, who said:
I went in with al-Hasan to visit al-ʿAlaʾ b. Ziyad al-ʿAdawi, and grief had worn him to the bone. He had a sister named Sarah who carded the cotton bedding beneath him every morning and evening. Al-Hasan asked, “How are you, O ʿAlaʾ?” He replied, “Alas—sorrow upon sorrow!” Al-Hasan then said, “Let us go. By Allah, this is where any pretense of making light of grief ends.”
٥٧ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الدَّيْبَلِيُّ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْبَصْرِيِّ، عَنْ مُبَارَكِ بْنِ فَضَالَةَ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ مَعَ الْحَسَنِ عَلَى الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْعَدَوِيِّ، وَقَدْ سَلَّهُ الْحُزْنُ، وَكَانَتْ لَهُ أُخْتٌ، يُقَالُ لَهَا: سَارَةُ، تَنْدُفُ تَحْتَهُ الْقُطْنَ غُدْوَةً، وَعَشِيَّةً، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْحَسَنُ: كَيْفَ أَنْتَ يَا عَلَاءُ؟ فَقَالَ: وَاحُزْنَاهُ عَلَى الْحُزْنِ، فَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ: «قُومُوا، فَإِلَى هَذَا وَاللَّهِ انْتَهَى اسْتِقْلَالُ الْحُزْنِ»