Imam A’mash

Some people knocked on the door of the funny Tabi’ii Imam Al-A’mash.

He came out of his house and said:

لولا أن في منزلي من هو أبغض إلي منكم ما خرجت إليكم
“Were it not for the fact that there are people in my house that I hate more than you, I wouldn’t have come out to see you.”

[“Siyar A’lam al-Nubala”, 4/78].