[Machine] Tawus said, "While I was in my room, Al-Hajjaj came to me. A man passed by and he was from the Arab tribes. Al-Hajjaj asked him, 'Where did you come from?' He replied, 'From Yemen.' Al-Hajjaj said, 'So how did you leave Muhammad ibn Yusuf?' The man said, 'He left him big and majestic, just as you prefer.' Al-Hajjaj said, 'I do not ask you about that.' The man asked, 'What condition are you asking about?' Al-Hajjaj said, 'I am only asking about his character.' The man said, 'I left him ignorant and unjust.' Al-Hajjaj asked, 'Do you not know that he is my brother?' The man replied, 'So you see your brother as more honorable than me? By Allah, I have never witnessed a scene that pleased my eyes more than him, and he was safe from any harm.”  

قَالَ طَاوُسٌ بَيْنَا أَنَا فِي الْحِجْرِ إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ الْحَجَّاجُ فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ فِيهِ أَعْرَابِيَّةٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْحَجَّاجُ مِنْ أَيْنَ قَدِمْتَ؟ قَالَ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ قَالَ فَكَيْفَ خَلَّفْتَ [305] مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ يُوسُفَ قَالَ عَظِيمًا جَسِيمًا كَمَا يَسُرُّكَ قَالَ لَسْتُ عَنْ ذَاكَ أَسْأَلُكَ قَالَ فَعَنْ أَيِّ حَالَةٍ تَسْأَلُ؟ قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ سِيرَتِهِ قَالَ تَرَكَتْهُ غَشُومًا ظَلُومًا قَالَ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ أَخِي قَالَ فَتَرَى أَخَاكَ بِكَ أَعَزَّ مِنِّي بِاللَّهِ ﷻ قَالَ طَاوُسٌ «فَمَا شَهِدْتُ مَشْهَدًا كَانَ أَقَرَّ لِعَيْنِي مِنْهُ وَسَلِمَ مِنْهُ فَمَا صَنَعَ بِهِ شَيْئًا»