Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Abi Nasr al-Bazanti

I was at al-Ridha’s (as) place and the evening entered while I was with him, I said: I should leave, he said to me: do not leave for it is evening, he said: so I remained at his place, he said to a slave-girl of his: bring out my sleeping tent and my pillow and lay it out for Ahmad in that room, he said: so when I was in the room I began to feel something [of pride] and I kept on thinking ‘who is like me? I am in the room of the intimate of Allah and on his bed’ so he called out to me: O Ahmad – the commander of the faithful (as) visited Sa`sa`a b. Suhan and then said: O Sa`sa`a do not make my visiting you a source of pride held over your kin, and lower yourself in front of Allah and Allah will raise you.