وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ بِمَكَّةَ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ اَلْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَنْ صَحِبَكَ فَقَالَ مَا صَحِبْتُ أَحَداً فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ «أَمَا لَوْ كُنْتُ تَقَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكَ لَأَحْسَنْتُ أَدَبَكَ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «وَاحِدٌ شَيْطَانٌ وَ اِثْنَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ وَ ثَلاَثَةٌ صَحْبٌ وَ أَرْبَعَةٌ رُفَقَاءُ ».
Muhammad ibn Sinan narrated from Isma‘il ibn Jabir, who said: "I was with Abu Abdullah (a.s) in Mecca when a man from Medina came to him. Imam (a.s) asked the man: 'Who accompanied you?' The man replied: 'No one accompanied me.' Abu Abdullah (a.s) said to him: 'If I had instructed you beforehand, I would have taught you better manners.' Then Imam (a.s) said: 'One is with Satan, two are with two Satans, three are companions, and four are companions on a journey.'"