The Peak of Eloquence · Hadith 66 (#Passage #4)
Chapter 13 | Condemning the people of Basra
وفي رواية أخرى : كَجُؤْجُؤِ طَيْرٍ في لُجَّةِ بَحْرٍ
Another version : Like the bosom of a bird in deep sea.
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).