ziyad sent a man to track down a narrator for him and stipulated that the tracker should be wise and welladvised. so he brought him to him agreeing. he said did you know him? he said no nor did i see him before that moment. he said did you talk to him and discuss matters with him before you brought him to me? he said no. he said then why did you choose him over all those you saw?
وبعث زياد رجلا يرتاد ٧ له محدثا، واشترط على الرائد أن يكون عاقلا مسددا، فأتاه به موافقا، فقال أكنت ذا معرفة به ؟ قال لا ولا رأيته قبل ساعته . قال أفناقلته الكلام وفاتحته الأمور، قبل أن توصله إلي ؟ قال لا . قال فلم اخترته على جميع من رأيته ؟