[Machine] "What is wrong with you and him, O scruffy one? By Allah, if you were to train with a servant from Thaqif, your hair would stand on end!" It was said to him, "O Commander of the Faithful, who is the servant from Thaqif?" He said, "He is a boy who leads them, and there will not be a household among the Arabs except that he will bring them humiliation." It was asked, "How many does he possess?" He said, "Twenty if he reaches that number."  

«مَا لَكَ وَمَا لَهُ يَا أَشْعَثُ؟ أَمْ وَاللهِ لَوْ بِعَبْدِ ثَقِيفٍ تَمَرَّسْتَ اقْشَعَرَّتْ شُعَيْرَاتُ اسْتِكَ» قِيلَ لَهُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَمَنْ عَبْدُ ثَقِيفٍ؟ قَالَ «غُلَامٌ يَلِيهِمْ لَا يَبْقَى أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ إِلَّا أَدْخَلَهُمْ ذُلًّا» قِيلَ كَمْ يَمْلِكُ؟ قَالَ «عِشْرِينَ إِنْ بَلَغَ»