أَخْبَرَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ رَجَاءٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ بِشْرٍ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا عِنْدَ خَبَّابِ بْنِ الْأَرَتِّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، فَاجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ أَصْحَابُهُ وَهُوَ سَاكِتٌ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ : أَلَا تُحَدِّثُ أَصْحَابَكَ؟، قَالَ :" أَخَافُ أَنْ أَقُولَ لَهُمْ مَا لَا أَفْعَلُ "

Mukhlid bin Malik told us, Yahya bin Saeed told us, on the authority of Al-Amash, on the authority of Raja’ Al-Ansari, on the authority of Abd al-Rahman bin Bishr. He said: We were with Khabbab bin Al-Art, may God be pleased with him, and his companions gathered to him while he was silent, and it was said to him: Aren’t you going to talk to your friends? He said: "I'm afraid to tell them what I don't do."