And when they gathered, they served one another at the time of food, and they collected the water from washing their hands in a basin. Then, after they finished washing, they brought something of the drink, presented it, and began to partake of it while discussing something of knowledge over it. Then a man among them asked his brother about an issue, so he answered it with an answer that did not convince him. He said: 'Show me a narration that indicates the correctness of this answer.' So he narrated it from what indicates the correctness of his saying. Then he said to him: 'This is a narration I have not heard, nor have we narrated it, and this is an answer that does not convince me.' And while he was speaking, suddenly there was a knock the door upon them. The narrator of the narration (Sahib al-Hadith) said: So I sprang up to see who was knocking on the door, and I said to him: 'Who are you, and whom do you want?' He said: 'I am a brother from among your brethren; I missed you and desired your companionship and gathering with you.' He said: So I opened the door and looked at the man, and I saw a form I had not seen nor known before my time. He was of perfect beauty, excellent attire, and pleasant fragrances. He greeted us with peace from the place where he was, so we returned the greeting of peace to him. He said to us: 'In which place do you command me to sit?' We said to him: 'Wherever proper etiquette (Adab) seats you.' So he sat outside the door in the place where our shoes were.

And we fell silent, and not one of us uttered a word out of awe and reverence for him. So when our silence grew long for him, he said to us: