Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37584 — The words of Rabi bin Khuthaym

It is narrated from al-Sha'bi that he said: Al-Rabi' bin Khuthaym has not sat in any gathering since he came of age. He said: I fear that a man may be wronged and I would not help him, or that a man may tell a lie against another and I would be called upon to bear witness to it, and that I would not be able to lower my gaze or show the way, or that a load-carrying animal may fall and I would not load it back up.