Hazrat Shu’bah narrates that I was walking with Hazrat Hakam when we saw Hazrat Abu Ma’shar. Hazrat Hakam said: Surely, he has heard something about me, that I have said something regarding him. No! By Allah, besides Whom there is no deity, I have not said any such thing. The narrator says: When Hazrat Abu Ma’shar came, Hazrat Hakam presented his excuse before him and said: Indeed, I have sworn an oath before Shu’bah that the thing which has reached you from me, I have not said it.