Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that a hadith reached me from a man who had heard it from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So I bought a mount, then I tied a saddle on it and traveled for a month until I reached him in Syria. He was Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Unais (may Allah be pleased with him). I said to the doorkeeper: Tell Abdullah that Jabir is present at the door to meet him. He asked: Jabir, the son of Abdullah? I said: Yes. So he came out, trampling his garment, and he embraced me and I embraced him. Then I said: I have received a hadith from you (I have come to hear it directly), then he mentioned a long hadith.