قال نعم. هذا رجل أقبل من عنده. قال هات يا بن أخي إنه كريم من كرام مدحتهم في الجاهلية فحلف ألّا بلقى أحدا يعرفني إلا أهدى إليّ معه شيئا
‘Indeed you do,’ 'Umar said. ‘This man has just returned from being with Jabala.’ ‘Tell me of his news, my nephew,’ Hassan said. ‘He is one of the generous men I eulogized in the pre-Islamic period and swore he would send me a gift with every man he met who knew me