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- ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; my father narrated to us; ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Salam ibn Abi Muṭīʿ informed us, from Thābit, who said: Al-Ḥasan was sitting in a majlis (gathering) when someone said to Abū al-ʿAlāʾ Yazīd ibn al-Shikhkhīr, “Speak.” He replied, “Am I even fit to speak here?” He then spoke about speech itself—its burden and its consequences. Thābit remarked, “I was impressed by him.” Then al-Ḥasan spoke and said, “Which of us is truly fit to speak here? Satan would dearly love for you to take that away from him, so that no one would enjoin any good or forbid any evil.”
١٣٧٤ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَنْبَأَنَا سَلَامُ بْنُ أَبِي مُطِيعٍ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ: كَانَ الْحَسَنُ فِي مَجْلِسٍ فَقِيلَ لِأَبِي الْعَلَاءِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ: تَكَلَّمْ، قَالَ: أَوَهُنَاكَ أَنَا؟ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الْكَلَامَ وَمُؤْنَتَهُ وَتَبِعِتَهُ، قَالَ ثَابِتٌ: فَأَعْجَبَنِي، قَالَ: ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ الْحَسَنُ فَقَالَ: «أَيُّنَا هُنَاكَ؟ لَوَدَّ الشَّيْطَانُ أَنَّكُمْ أَخَذْتُمُوهَا عَنْهُ فَلَمْ يَأْمُرْ أَحَدٌ بِخَيْرٍ وَلَمْ يَنْهَ أَحَدٌ عَنْ شَرٍّ»