أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ مُوسَى ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ ، عَنْ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ، قَالَ : قِيلَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَلَا نَحْجُبُكَ؟، فَقَالَ :" لَا، دَعُوهُمْ يَطَئُونَ عَقِبِي وَأَطَأُ أَعْقَابَهُمْ حَتَّى يُرِيحَنِيَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ "

Al-Hakam bin Musa told us, Yahya bin Hamza told us, on the authority of Al-Awza’i, on the authority of Dawud bin Ali, he said: It was said: O Messenger of God, Shall we block you? He said: “No, let them step on my heels and I will step on their heels until God gives me relief from them.”