أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْوَدَ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، قَالَ: "شَاوَرْتُ مُحَمَّدًا فِي بِنَاءٍ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَبْنِيَهُ فِي الْكَلَّاءِ، قَالَ: فَأَشَارَ عَلَيَّ، وَقَالَ: إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَسَاسَ الْبِنَاءِ فَآذِنِّي حَتَّى أَجِيءَ مَعَكَ، قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُهُ، قَالَ: فَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ نَمْشِي إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَمَشَى مَعَهُ، فَقَامَ، فَقَالَ: أَلَكَ حَاجَةٌ ؟، قَالَ: لَا، قَالَ: أَمَّا لَا، فَاذْهَبْ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ، فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ أَيْضًا فَاذْهَبْ، قَالَ: فَذَهَبْتُ حَتَّى خَالَفْتُ الطَّرِيقَ".
Abdullah bin Aun said: I consulted Muhammad (Ibn Sirin, may Allah have mercy on him) about building a house in a field. He replied: When you intend to lay the foundation, inform me. So when I came to him and we both started walking, suddenly a man came and began to walk behind them. Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) stopped and said: Do you need anything? He said: No. He said: If you have no need, then go. Then he turned to me and said: Go, you also go. So I too (left him and) went away by another path.