he said i asked abdullah bin abdul samad bin abi dawood about something like that and he was a wellmannered man and he said we met them in a place the size of a school courtyard but it was not enough for a boy to read before him until we forced them to a place narrower than a number and killed them. if an inkwell had fallen it would only have fallen into a boys lap.
قال وسألت عبد الله بن عبد الصمد بن أبي داود عن مثل ذلك وكان مؤدبا فقال لقيناهم في مقدار صحن الكتاب، فما كان بقدر ما يقرأ الصبي إمامه حتى ألجأناهم إلى أضيق من رقم فقتلناهم، فلو سقطت دواة ما وقعت إلا في حجر صبي.