not all bowing is prayer so know that nor is every discerning observer. thalab ibn musa alkaladhani told me saying sulayman ibn ahmad the poet told me saying a woman named hind whom i had seen in the east told me and she had performed hajj five times and she was one of the pious and diligent women. sulayman said she said to me o son of my brother never think well of a woman for i will tell you about myself what god almighty knows i boarded the sea returning from hajj and i had rejected the world and i was the fifth of five women all of whom had performed hajj. we were in a ship in the red sea and among the sailors of the ship was a man with a lean build tall in stature broad in shoulders and wellbuilt. i saw him on the first night come to one of my companions and put his urethra in her hand and it was very large so she allowed him to have intercourse with her at the time. then he passed by all of them in successive nights and nothing remained for him but her meaning herself. he said i said to myself i will take revenge on you. so i took the razor and held it in my hand. then he came at night as my neighbor usually does and when he did as he did on all the other nights the razor fell on him. he was startled and got up to get up. he said i felt sorry for him and said to him as i held him
ليس كل الركوع فاعلم صلاة لا ولا كل ذي لحاظ بصيرا وحدثني ثعلب بن موسى الكلاذاني قال، حدثني سليمان بن أحمد الشاعر قال، حدثتني امرأة اسمها هند كنت رأيتها في المشرق، وكانت قد حجت خمس حجات، وهي من المتعبدات المجتهدات، قال سليمان فقالت لي يا ابن أخي، لا تحسن الظن بامرأة قط فإني أخبرك عن نفسي بما يعلمه الله عز وجل ركبت البحر منصرفة من الحج وقد رفضت الدنيا وأنا خامسة خمس نسوة، كلهن قد حججن من الحج وقد رفضت الدنيا وأنا خامسة خمس نسوة، كلهن قد حججن، وصرنا في مركب في بحر القلزم ، وفي بعض ملاحي السفينة رجل مضمر الخلق مديد القامة واسع الأكتاف حسن التركيب، فرأيته أول ليلة قد أتى إلى إحدى صواحبي فوضع إحليله في يدها، وكان ضخما جدا، فأمكنته في الوقت من نفسها، ثم مر عليهن كلهن في ليال متواليات، فلم يبق له غيرها، تعني نفسها، قال فقلت في نفسي لأنتقمن منك؛ فأخذت موسى وأمسكتها بيدي، فأتى في الليل على جاري عادته، فلما فعل كفعله في سائر الليالي سقطت الموسى عليه فارتاع وقام لينهض، قال فأشفقت عليه وقلت له وقد أمسكته