 musa bin asim bin amr told me i was in the presence of my father abu alfath may god have mercy on him and he had ordered me to write a letter when my eyes caught sight of a slave girl whom i was assigned to. i could not control myself threw the letter from my hand and ran towards her. my father was astonished and thought that something had happened to me. then my mind came back to me so i wiped my face then i returned and apologized saying that a nosebleed had overcome me.
وحدثني موسى بن عاصم بن عمرو قال كنت بين يدي أبي الفتح والدي رحمه الله وقد أمرني بكتاب أكتبه، إذ لمحت عيني جارية كنت أكلف بها، فلم أملك نفسي ورميت الكتاب عن يدي وبادرت نحوها. وبهت أبي وظن انه عرض لي عارض؛ ثم راجعني عقلي فمسحت وجهي ثم عدت واعتذرت بأنه غلبني الرعاف.