once abu hammam alsanut came to talk to him about the renovation of his house which he had volunteered to build in ribat abbadan. he said you reminded me of the stabbing and i had forgotten. i had decided to demolish it when i heard that the jabariyya had descended upon it. he said glory be to god! you demolish a noble property and a house that i had dedicated to the path? he said i was amazed at that. i intended to demolish the mosque that i had built for yazid ibn hashim when he abandoned building it in the street and built it in alraigh. and when i heard that he was mixing up his words and supporting the shamriyya against the mutazila. if abu hammam had wanted to do that he would have found a place to stay in thamama.
وجاء مرة أبو همام السنوط، يكلمه في مرمة داره التي تطوع ببنائها في رباط عبادان ٢ ، فقال ذكرتني الطعن وكنت ناسيا. قد كنت عزمت على هدمها حين بلغني أن الجبرية ٣ قد نزلتها ، قال سبحان الله تهدم مكرمة ودارا قد وقفتها للسبيل ٤ ؟ قال فتعجب من ذا؟ قد أردت أن أهدم المسجد الذي كنت قد بنيته ليزيد بن هاشم حين ترك أن يبنيه في الشارع، وبناه في الرائغ ٥ ، وحين بلغني أنه يخلط في الكلام، ويعين الشمرية ٦ على المعتزلة. فلو أراده أبو همام وجد من ثمامة مربدا