ابن أبي البلاد عن سعد الإسكاف عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: كان في بني إسرائيل عابد فاعجب به داود عليه السلام فأوحى الله تبارك وتعالى إليه: لا يعجبك شئ من امره فإنه مراء فمات الرجل فاتى داود فقيل له: مات الرجل فقال: ادفنوا صاحبكم قال فأنكرت ذلك بنو إسرائيل وقالوا كيف لم يحضره؟ قال: فلما غسل قام خمسون رجلا فشهدوا بالله ما يعلمون الا خيرا فلما صلوا عليه قام خمسون (آخرون) رجلا فشهدوا بالله ما يعلمون الا خيرا فأوحى الله عز وجل إلى داود عليه السلام ما منعك ان تشهد فلانا قال: الذي أطلعتني عليه من أمره قال: إن كان لكذلك (ذلك كذلك) ولكن شهده قوم من الأحبار والرهبان فشهدوا بي: ما يعلمون الا خيرا فأجزت شهادتهم عليه وغفرت له مع علمي فيه (عليه).
10.Ibn Abī al-Bilād narrated from Saʿd al-Iskāf, from Abū Jaʿfar  who said, “There was a worshipper among the Banī Isrāʾīl with whom [Prophet] Dāwūd  was impressed, so Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, revealed to him, ‘Do not be impressed by anything [you see] from him, for verily he is a hypocrite [who is only showing off].’ Then the man died, so they came to Dāwūd and said, ‘The man has died.’ He said to them, ‘Bury your companion.’ This caused some discontentment among the Banī Isrāʾīl and they said, ‘How could he not attend [this pious man’s funeral]?’ After the man had been washed, fifty men stood and bore witness, [swearing] by Allah, that they knew nothing but good [about him]. After they had prayed over him, another fifty men came forward and bore witness, [swearing] by Allah, that they knew of nothing but good [about him]. So Allah, the Almighty, revealed to Dāwūd , ‘What prevented you from testifying for so-and-so?’ He said, ‘[I was prevented by] what you had informed me of his affair.’ He said, ‘Though he was truly such, since a group of rabbis and monks have testified, swearing by Me, that they did not know anything but good [about him], I have accepted their testimony regarding him and forgiven him despite what I know about him.’”