he said then i took my bed on the outer roof and muhammad was on the inner roof overlooking the shrine of the commander of the faithful and the young man was on the other side near the view so i kept watching him and did not neglect to sleep and he thought that i had fallen asleep and was not aware of my looking at him. he said when part of the night had passed i saw him get up and sit up straight for a short time then he sought refuge from satan and went back to his sleep then he got up a third time and put on his shirt and dangled his feet from the bed and remained like that for an hour then he called the young man by his name and he answered him so he said to him get down from the roof and stay in the cot that is under it so the young man got up to obey him. when he got down muhammad got up and closed the door from the inside and returned to his bed. abu alabbas said from that time i knew that god had a good intention for him.
له، قال ثم أخذت مضجعي في السطح الخارج ومحمد في السطح الداخل المطل على حرم أمير المؤمنين، والفتى في الطرف الثاني القريب من المطلع فظللت أرقبه ولا أغفل وهو يظن أني قد نمت ولا يشعر باطلاعي عليه، قال فلما مضى هزيع من الليل رأيته قد قام واستوى قاعدا ساعة لطيفة، ثم تعوذ من الشيطان ورجع إلى منامه، ثم قام الثالثة ولبس قميصه ودلى رجليه من السرير، وبقي كذلك ساعة ثم نادى الفتى باسمه فأجابه، فقال له انزل عن السطح وابق في الفصيل الذي تحته، فقام الفتى مؤتمرا له. فلما نزل قام محمد وأغلق الباب من داخله وعاد إلى سريره، قال أبو العباس فعلمت من ذلك الوقت ان لله فيه مراد خير.