abu ali albasir told me muhammad ibn ghassan ibn abbad told me i was in raqqa and there was a person who was obsessed with writing false and reprehensible poetry. i took him with me one day hoping for reward. then he came to me the next day and i had a group of workers with me. the boy kept him away. then the next day he stood at the door and shouted
وحدثني أبو علي البصير قال حدثني محمد بن غسان بن عباد قال كنت بالرقة، وكان بها موسوس يقول الشعر المحال والمنكر، فغديته يوما معي احتسابا للثواب، فأتاني من غد وعندي جماعة من العمال، فحجبه الغلام، فلما كان من غد وقف على الباب وصاح