How I yearn to be left alone

Reference: Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa v8 p175

‘Adullaah ibn Muhammad al-Karmaanee رحمه الله said:

I visited Muhammad ibn an-Nadhr, and said:

‘It is as if you dislike socialising with the people.’

And he replied:

‘That is correct; how I [yearn to] be left alone.’

…and [as a token gesture to suggest he does socialise], he said:

‘I am a participant [in the conversation] of he who remembers [to engage with] me?!’

Translation originally published on 5 August, 2017.