أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُهُ يَذْكُرُ ، قَالَ : كَانَ الشَّعْبِيُّ إِذَا جَاءَهُ شَيْءٌ اتَّقَى، وَكَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَقُولُ، وَيَقُولُ، وَيَقُولُ، قَالَ أَبُو عَاصِمٍ :" كَانَ الشَّعْبِيُّ فِي هَذَا أَحْسَنَ حَالًا عِنْدَ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ "

Abu Asim told us, on the authority of Ibn Aoun, he said: I heard him mentioning, he said: Whenever something came to him, al-Sha`bi would be pious, and Ibrahim used to say, And he says, and he says, Abu Asim said: “Al-Sha’bi was in a better condition with Ibn Aoun than Ibrahim.”