muhammad ibn alashath 3 had lunch with yahya ibn khalid and they discussed the oil and what was left over from the ghee and what was left over from the oil of the water 4. muhammad said i have oil the likes of which people have never seen. yahya said is nothing of it brought to us? muhammad called his servant and said when you enter the treasury look at the fourth jar on your right when you enter so we brought some of it. yahya said i do not like it when the master knows where his oil and olives are.
وتغدى محمد بن الأشعث ٣ عند يحيى بن خالد، فتذاكروا الزيت وفضل ما بينه وبين السمن، وفضل ما بين الانفاق وزيت الماء ٤ . فقال محمد عندي زيت لم ير الناس مثله . قال يحيى لا يؤتى منه بشيء ؟ فدعا محمد غلامه فقال إذا دخلت الخزانة، فانظر الجرة الرابعة عن يمينك إذا دخلت، فجئنا منه بشيء . قال يحيى ما يعجبني السيد يعرف موضع زيته وزيتونه .