ABU MARYAM SAID:
THIS MAN WITH THE CRIPPLED HAND WAS ON THAT DAY WITH US IN THE MOSQUE. WE WOULD SIT WITH HIM BY DAY AND BY NIGHT, AND HE WAS A POOR MAN. I SAW HIM ATTENDING THE MEALS OF ‘ALI(ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH HIM) WHICH HE TOOK WITH THE PEOPLE, AND I CLOTHED HIM WITH A CLOAK OF MINE.Abu Maryam said: The man with the crippled hand was called Nafi' Dhu al-Thadyah (Nafi', man of nipple). He had in his hand something like a female breast with a nipple at it ends like the nipple of the female breast. If had some hair on it like the whiskers of cat.
Abu Dawud said: Hw was known among the people by the name of Harqus.
