Abu Juham Qurashi narrates from his father, he said that some bad news about me reached Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), so he had me flogged. Then he received news that Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) had written me a letter, so he sent two men to search my house. They found that letter in my house. So I said to one of those men, who was from my family, "You are from my family, so conceal my matter." That man went to Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and told him the matter. Abu Juham says that then my father and Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) mounted and set out, and he said to him, "We have investigated about you, and that matter has turned out to be completely false." My father said, "The matter for which you had me flogged is even more baseless than this."