حدثنا إسماعيل، قال حدثني مالك، عن إسحاق بن عبد الله بن أبي طلحة، أن أبا مرة، مولى عقيل بن أبي طالب أخبره عن أبي واقد الليثي، أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بينما هو جالس في المسجد والناس معه، إذ أقبل ثلاثة نفر، فأقبل اثنان إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وذهب واحد، قال فوقفا على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فأما أحدهما فرأى فرجة في الحلقة فجلس فيها، وأما الآخر فجلس خلفهم، وأما الثالث فأدبر ذاهبا، فلما فرغ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال ‏"‏ ألا أخبركم عن النفر الثلاثة أما أحدهم فأوى إلى الله، فآواه الله، وأما الآخر فاستحيا، فاستحيا الله منه، وأما الآخر فأعرض، فأعرض الله عنه ‏"‏‏.‏
 Narrated Abu Waqid Al-Laithi:                     While Allah's Apostle was sitting in the mosque with some people, three men came. Two of them came in front of Allah's Apostle and the third one went away. The two persons kept on standing before Allah's Apostle for a while and then one of them found a place in the circle and sat there while the other sat behind the gathering, and the third one went away. When Allah's Apostle finished his preaching, he said, "Shall I tell you about these three persons? One of them betook himself to Allah, so Allah took him into His grace and mercy and accommodated him, the second felt shy from Allah, so Allah sheltered Him in His mercy (and did not punish him), while the third turned his face from Allah and went away, so Allah turned His face from him likewise. "