they said and among us is aflah who cut off the caravans in khurasan alone for twenty years. they said and malik ibn alrayb killed him because he had intercourse with him in the dead of night while he was drunk and exhausted. and the evidence for our statement is the statement of his son
قالوا ومنا أفلح، الذي قطع على القوافل بخراسان وحده عشرين سنة. قالوا وإنما قتله مالك بن الريب، لأنه وطئه في جوف الليل وهو سكران خائر. والشاهد على قولنا قول ابنه