قَالَ أَنَسٌ : " وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ خَدَمْتُهُ تِسْعَ سِنِينَ ، مَا عَلِمْتُهُ قَالَ لِشَيْءٍ صَنَعْتُهُ ، لِمَ فَعَلْتَ كَذَا وَكَذَا ، أَوْ لِشَيْءٍ تَرَكْتُهُ ، هَلَّا فَعَلْتَ كَذَا وَكَذَا " .
Anas further said: I served him for nine years but I know not that he ever said to me about a thing which I had done why I did that, or about a thing I had left as to why I had not done that.