Ibn 'Abbas said, "The most precious of people in my opinion is my sitting companion."  

قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَكْرَمُ النَّاسِ عَلَيَّ جَلِيسِي  

Ibn 'Abbas said, "The most precious of people in my opinion is my sitting companion. This is so much the case that he can step over the shoulders of people until he sits with me."  

أَنْ يَتَخَطَّى رِقَابَ النَّاسِ حَتَّى يَجْلِسَ إِلَيَّ