[Machine] I was with Al-Hasan, may Allah have mercy on him, when a blind man approached him and said, "Give charity to someone who has no leader to guide him and no sight to guide him." Al-Hasan said, "This is the owner of this house," pointing to his neighbor behind him, meaning Abdullah bin Ziyad. He is not someone who has a leader to guide him towards good, nor does he have sight to guide him, nor does he benefit from it himself."  

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ الْحَسَنِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ سَائِلٌ ضَرِيرُ الْبَصَرِ فَقَالَ تَصَدَّقُوا عَلَى مَنْ لَا قَائِدَ لَهُ يَقُودُهُ وَلَا بَصَرَ يَهْدِيهِ فَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ ذَاكَ صَاحِبُ هَذِهِ الدَّارِ وَأَشَارَ بِهِ إِلَى جَارِهِ خَلْفَهُ يَعْنِي عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ زِيَادٍ مَا كَانَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ حَشَمِهِ قَائِدٌ يَقُودُهُ إِلَى خَيْرٍ وَلَا يُشِيرُ عَلَيْهِ بِهِ وَلَا كَانَ مِنْ قِبَلِ نَفْسِهِ لَهُ بَصَرٌ يُبْصِرُ بِهِ وَيَنْتَفِعُ بِهِ