فذكر أنه رأى المعتصم راكبا منصرفا من المصلى في يوم عيد أضحى أو فطر، فلما صار في مربعة الحرشى، نظر إلى شيخ قد قام إليه، فقال له يا أبا إسحاق، قال فابتدره الجند ليضربوه، فأشار إليهم المعتصم فكفهم عنه، فقال للشيخ مالك
Ja'far further mentioned that he saw al-Mu’tasim riding back from the mugalla on the day of the Festival of the Sacrifice or that of the Breaking of the Fast, and when he reached the square of al-Harashi he perceived that an old man had planted himself in his path and cried out, O Abu Ishaq! He related The troops hastened forward to strike him, but al-Mu’tasim motioned to them and restrained them from him, saying to the old man, What do you want