٣٧٢- أخبرني بذلك عن محمد بن نصير أبو زكريا يحيى بن عبد الرحمن بن خاقان أنه رآه عيانا وغلام له على ظهره قال: فلقيته فعاتبته على ذلك فقال إن هذا من اللذات وهو من التواضع لله وترك التجبر.
H 372 - It is narrated on the authority of Muhammad Ibn Nasir Abu Zakariya Yahya Ibn Abdur Rahman Ibn Khaqan, that he clearly saw him with a boy over his back. He said: I met him and rebuked him for that. He said: “It is of the pleasures and humility for Allah and abstinence from arrogance.”