The reciter: The author (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted:
"And from Suhayb (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There lived a king before you and he had a (court) magician. As he (the magician) grew old, he said to the king: I have grown old, send some young boy to me so that I should teach him magic. He (the king) sent to him a young man so that he should train him (in magic). And on his way (to the magician) he (the young man) found a monk sitting there. He (the young man) listened to his (the monk's) talk and was impressed by it. It became his habit that on his way to the magician he met the monk and set there and he came to the magician (late). He (the magician) beat him because of delay. He made a complaint of that to the monk and he said to him: When you feel afraid of the magician, say: Members of my family had detained me. And when you feel afraid of your family you should say: The magician had detained me. It so happened that there came a huge beast (of prey) and it blocked the way of the people, and he (the young boy) said: I will come to know today whether the magician is superior or the monk is superior. He picked up a stone and said: O Allah, if the affair of the monk is dearer to Thee than the affair of the magician, cause death to this animal so that the people should be able to move about freely. He threw that stone towards it and killed it and the people began to move about (on the path freely). He (the young man) then came to that monk and Informed him and the monk said: Sonny, today you are superior to me. Your affair has come to a stage where I find that you would be soon put to a trial, and in case you are put to a trial don't give my clue. That young man began to treat the blind and those suffering from leprosy and he in fact began to cure people from (all kinds) of illness.
كان ملِك فيمن كان قبلكم ، وكان له ساحر ، فلما كَبُر قال للملك : إني قد كبرت فابعث إليّ غلاما أعلمه السحر ، فبعث إليه غلاما يعلمه ، وكان في طريقه إذا سلك راهب ، فقعد إليه وسمع كلامه فأعجبه ، وكان إذا أتى الساحرَ مر بالراهب وقعد إليه ، فإذا أتى الساحر ضربه فشكا ذلك إلى الراهب فقال : إذا خشيت الساحر فقل : حبسني أهلي ، وإذا خشيت أهلك فقل : حبسني الساحر ، فبينما هو على ذلك إذ أتى على دابة عظيمة قد حَبست الناس ، فقال : اليوم أعلم الساحر أفضل أم الراهب أفضل . فأخذ حجراً فقال : اللهم إن كان أمرُ الراهب أحبَّ إليك من أمرِ الساحر فاقتل هذه الدابة حتى يمضي الناس ، فرماها فقتلها ومضى الناس ، فأتى الراهب فأخبره فقال له الراهب : أي بني أنت اليوم أفضل مني قد بلغ من أمرك ما أرى ، وإنك ستبتلى ، فإن ابتليت فلا تدل عليّ ، وكان الغلام يبرئ الأكمه والأبرص ويداوي الناس من سائر الأدواء 