[Machine] Aisha said to Ibn Abi Al-Sa'ib, a storyteller from the people of Al-Madinah: I will mention three stories and you follow along with me, or I will make you suffer through it. He responded, "No, rather I will follow you, O mother of the believers." She then said, "Avoid rhymed supplication, as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his companions did not engage in it." Isma'il once recounted a story, so she said, "I have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his companions, and they did not do that." Narrate to the people one story every Friday, or two if you refuse, or three if you still refuse. This way, people will not become bored with this book, and I will guarantee that you come to a group while they are discussing one of their stories, and then you interrupt their conversation. Instead, leave them be, and when they approach you and insist on it, then speak to them.  

عَائِشَةُ لِابْنِ أَبِي السَّائِبِ قَاصِّ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ ثَلَاثًا لَتُتَابِعُنِّي عَلَيْهِنَّ أَوْ لَأُنَاجِزَنَّكَ فَقَالَ مَا هُنَّ بَلْ أَنَا أُتَابِعُكِ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَتْ اجْتَنِبِ السَّجْعَ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَاللهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابَهُ كَانُوا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ مَرَّةً فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي عَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابَهُ وَهُمْ لَا يَفْعَلُونَ ذَاكَ وَقُصَّ عَلَى النَّاسِ فِي كُلِّ جُمُعَةٍ مَرَّةً فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَثِنْتَيْنِ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَثَلَاثًا فَلَا تَمَلُّ النَّاسُ هَذَا الْكِتَابَ وَلَا أَلْفَيَنَّكَ تَأْتِي الْقَوْمَ وَهُمْ فِي حَدِيثٍ مِنْ حَدِيثِهِمْ فَتَقْطَعُ عَلَيْهِمْ حَدِيثَهُمْ وَلَكِنْ اتْرُكْهُمْ فَإِذَا حَدَوْكَ عَلَيْهِ وَأَمَرُوكَ بِهِ فَحَدِّثْهُمْ