Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 32557 — Reports on talk about rulers

It is narrated from Husayn bin Ali (may Allah have mercy on him) that Abd al-Malik said: Shaqiq (may Allah have mercy on him) came to al-Hajjaj. Al-Hajjaj said: What is your name? He said: The governor did not summon me before he knew my name. Al-Hajjaj said: I want to seek your help in some of my work. The narrator said: He said: I fear my own self concerning you. So he asked to be excused from his work, and al-Hajjaj excused him. The narrator said: When he left him, he stood up and said: Like this, and he feigned blindness. The narrator said: Al-Hajjaj said: Set the old man straight, set the old man straight.