Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37974 — The words of al-Hasan al-Basri

It is narrated from the slave woman of al-Rabi' that she said: Al-Rabi' bin Khuthaym was fond of sweets. He would say to us: Prepare food for me. So we would prepare a great deal of food for him. Then he would call Farrukh and so-and-so, and al-Rabi' would feed them with his own hand and give them drink, and he himself would drink what was left of their drink. It was said to al-Rabi': What do these two know of what you are feeding them? Al-Rabi' would say: But Allah Almighty knows.