I came to Medina, and while I was sitting in a circle that included prominent men of Quraysh, a man approached whose clothes were coarse, whose body was coarse, and whose face was coarse. He stood over them and said, "Give tidings to those who hoard their wealth of stones heated in the fire of Hell, which will be placed on the nipple of one of their breasts until it comes out from the top of his shoulder, and placed on the top of his shoulder until it comes out from the nipple of his breast, making him quiver."The people lowered their heads, and I did not see any of them respond to him with a word. Then he turned away, and I followed him until he sat down by a pillar.I said to him, "It seemed to me that these people disliked what you said to them."He replied, "These people understand nothing. My dear friend Abu Qasim ﷺ called me and I answered him. He asked, 'Do you see anything?' I looked to see how much of the sun was left, thinking he was going to send me on some errand for him, so I said, 'Yes, I see it.' He said, 'It would not please me to possess gold the like of that sun and spend all of it, except for three dinars.' Yet these people are amassing the world and understand nothing."I said, "What is the matter between you and your brothers from Quraysh? You do not visit them or seek anything from them."He replied, "No, by your Lord, I will not ask them about any worldly matter, nor will I seek any religious ruling from them, until I meet Allah and His Messenger."
و حدثني زهير بن حرب حدثنا إسمعيل بن إبراهيم عن الجريري عن أبي العلاء
قدمت المدينة فبينا أنا في حلقة فيها ملأ من قريش إذ جاء رجل أخشن الثياب أخشن الجسد أخشن الوجه فقام عليهم فقال بشر الكانزين برضف يحمى عليه في نار جهنم فيوضع على حلمة ثدي أحدهم حتى يخرج من نغض كتفيه ويوضع على نغض كتفيه حتى يخرج من حلمة ثدييه يتزلزل قال فوضع القوم رءوسهم فما رأيت أحدا منهم رجع إليه شيئا قال فأدبر واتبعته حتى جلس إلى سارية فقلت ما رأيت هؤلاء إلا كرهوا ما قلت لهم قال إن هؤلاء لا يعقلون شيئا إن خليلي أبا القاسم ﷺ دعاني فأجبته فقال أترى أحدا فنظرت ما علي من الشمس وأنا أظن أنه يبعثني في حاجة له فقلت أراه فقال ما يسرني أن لي مثله ذهبا أنفقه كله إلا ثلاثة دنانير ثم هؤلاء يجمعون الدنيا لا يعقلون شيئا قال قلت ما لك ولإخوتك من قريش لا تعتريهم وتصيب منهم قال لا وربك لا أسألهم عن دنيا ولا أستفتيهم عن دين حتى ألحق بالله ورسوله