Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Hussain bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Abdul Malik said that Shaqiq (may Allah have mercy on him) came to Hajjaj. Hajjaj asked, "What is your name?" He replied, "The Amir did not summon me before knowing my name." Hajjaj said, "I wish to seek your help in some of my affairs." The narrator says that he replied, "I fear for my life with you." Thus, he excused himself from Hajjaj's work, and Hajjaj accepted his excuse. The narrator says that when he left Hajjaj, he stood up and said, "He will continue to feign blindness in this manner." The narrator says that Hajjaj said, "Straighten the Sheikh, straighten the Sheikh."