Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Mutarrif that he says: We used to discuss among ourselves that, out of two people who love each other for the sake of Allah, the superior one is the one who loves his companion more. He says: Thus, when Hazrat Maz‘ur and Hazrat ‘Amir bin ‘Abdullah were exiled, the narrator says, Hazrat Maz‘ur met Hazrat Mutarrif and began a discussion with him. Hazrat Mutarrif says: I said, "O my brother! For what reason have you kept me (here), while the stars have set and the night is passing?" He replied, "O Allah! For Your sake." Then he discussed with Hazrat Mutarrif for a while longer. Mutarrif again said, "O my brother! For what reason have you kept me (here), while the stars have set and the night is passing?" He said, "O Allah! For Your sake." Then, when morning came, I learned that he had left. Then I recognized his virtue over me during the night.