Ubaydullah ibn Mu'adh narrated to me, saying: my father narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Qatadah, who heard Abdullah ibn Abi 'Utbah narrating from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri. (Another chain:) Zuhayr ibn Harb, Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna, and Ahmad ibn Sinan narrated to us — Zuhayr said: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, from Shu'bah, from Qatadah, who said: I heard Abdullah ibn Abi 'Utbah say: I heard Abu Sa'id al-Khudri say: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was more shy than a virgin behind her curtain, and when he disapproved of something, we recognized it in his face.