عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ لِأَبِي مَسْعُودٍ أَوْ قَالَ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي حُذَيْفَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا مَا سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ فِي زَعَمُوا قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ ((بِئْسَ مَطِيَّةُ الرَّجُلِ))
Abu Qalabah says: Sayyiduna Abu Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Abu Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him), or Sayyiduna Abu Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Abu Abdullah Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him): What did you hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say regarding “Za’amu”? He said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Za’amu is a bad mount for a man,” (i.e., it is a bad manner of speech).