one day i was sitting in almeria in the shop of ismail bin yunus the israelite physician. he was a keen observer of physiognomy and was good at it. we were in a gathering and mujahid bin alhussain alqaysi said to him what do you say about this? he pointed to a man who had withdrawn from us in a certain direction whose name was hatim and whose nickname was abu albaqa. he looked at him for a short time then said he is a man in love. he said to him you are right so how did you say this? he said he had an excessive daze that was apparent only on his face not on the rest of his movements. so i knew that he was in love and there was nothing suspicious about him.
ولقد كنت يوما بالمرية قاعدا في دكان إسماعيل بن يونس الطبيب الإسرائيلي ، وكان بصيرا بالفراسة محسنا لها، وكنا في لمة، فقال له مجاهد بن الحصين القيسي ما تقول في هذا وأشار إلى رجل منتبذ عنا ناحية اسمه حاتم ويكنى أبا البقاء، فنظر إليه ساعة يسيرة ثن قال هو رجل عاشق، فقال له صدقت فمن أين قلت هذا قال لبهت مفرط ظاهر على وجهه فقط دون سائر حركاته، فعلمت أنه عاشق وليس بمريب .