the reason for what i mentioned was that when the fire of youth was raging and the evil of youth was taking hold and the deceit of youth was taking hold i was confined and forbidden to myself between guardians and guardians. when i had mastered myself and gained my senses i accompanied abu ali alhusayn ibn ali alfasi in the council of abu alqasim abd alrahman ibn abi yazid alazdi our sheikh and teacher may god be pleased with him. the aforementioned abu ali was a wise and active man one of those who excelled in righteousness and correct asceticism in asceticism in this world and in striving for the hereafter. i think he was chaste because he never had a wife and i have never seen anyone like him in knowledge action religion and piety. god benefited me greatly through him and i learned the place of wrongdoing and the ugliness of sins. abu ali may god have mercy on him died on the way to hajj.
وكان السبب فيما ذكرته أني كنت وقت تأجج نار الصبا وشرة الحداثة وتمكن غرارة الفتوة مقصورا محظرا علي بين رقباء ورقائب؛ فلما ملكت نفسي وعقلت صحبت أبا علي الحسين بن علي الفاسي في مجلس أبي القاسم عبد الرحمن بن أبي يزيد الأزدي شيخنا وأستاذي رضي الله عنه، وكان أبو علي المذكور عاقلا عاملا، ممن تقدم في الصلاح والنسك الصحيح وفي الزهد في الدنيا والاجتهاد للآخرة، وأحسبه كان حصورا لأنه لم تكن له امرأة قط، وما رأيت مثله جملة علما وعملا ودينا وورعا، فنفعني الله به كثيرا وعلمت موقع الإساءة وقبح المعاصي. ومات أبو علي رحمه الله في طريق الحج.