[Machine] Ma'mar, I went with Ayoub until we reached his residence. There, he found a group of Alawites and was speaking with them. When he saw Ayoub, he stood up and left his residence until he embraced Ayoub. Then, he took him by the hand and turned him towards another residence. Ma'mar said, "I disliked sitting with them." He then called for a plate of dates and started feeding Ayoub with his own hand. He then said, "Go to these people with a plate. If we send it to them, they will leave us alone. If not, they will harm us." Ayoub asked him, "What have I heard about you?" He replied, "And what have you heard about me?" Ayoub said, "I heard that you commanded people not to distribute from a collection until the sun rises." He (Ayoub) said, "Glory be to Allah! This is against the sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . My father narrated to me from Jabir bin Abdullah that the Prophet ﷺ distributed from a collection before the sun rose. But people make false allegations against us and say things that we never said. They claim that we have knowledge that others do not possess. By Allah, some people have knowledge that we do not have, but we have rights and kindred. He (Ayoub) continued to mention their rights and kindred until I saw tears streaming from the eyes of Ayoub.  

مَعْمَرٌ فَذَهَبْتُ مَعَ أَيُّوبَ حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا فُسْطَاطَهُ فَإِذَا عِنْدَهُ قَوْمٌ مِنَ الْعَلَوِيَّةِ وَهُوَ يَتَحَدَّثُ مَعَهُمْ فَلَمَّا بَصُرَ بِأَيُّوبَ قَامَ فَخَرَجَ مِنْ فُسْطَاطِهِ حَتَّى اعْتَنَقَ أَيُّوبَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ فَحَوَّلَهُ إِلَى فُسْطَاطٍ آخَرَ قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ كَرِهَ أَنْ يُجْلِسَهُ مَعَهُمْ قَالَ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِطَبَقٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ فَجَعَلَ يُنَاوِلُ أَيُّوبَ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ اذْهَبُوا إِلَى هَؤُلَاءِ بِطَبَقٍ فَإِنَّا إِنْ بَعَثْنَا إِلَيْهِمْ تَرَكُونَا وَإِلَّا شَنَّعُوا عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ لَهُ أَيُّوبُ مَا هَذَا الَّذِي بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ؟ قَالَ وَمَا بَلَغَكَ عَنِّي؟ قَالَ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ أَمَرْتَ النَّاسَ أَنْ لَا يَدْفَعُوا مِنْ جَمْعٍ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ خِلَافَ سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَفَعَ مِنْ جَمْعٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ وَلَكِنَّ النَّاسَ يَحْمِلُونَ عَلَيْنَا وَيَرْوُونَ عَنَّا مَا لَا نَقُولُ وَيَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ عِنْدَنَا عِلْمًا لَيْسَ عِنْدَ النَّاسِ وَاللهِ إنَّ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ النَّاسِ لَعِلْمًا لَيْسَ عِنْدَنَا وَلَكِنْ لَنَا حَقٌّ وَقَرَابَةٌ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَذْكُرُ مِنْ حَقِّهِمْ وَقَرَابَتِهِمْ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ الدَّمْعَ يَجْرِي مِنْ عَيْنِ أَيُّوبَ