so i said to him since he had inherited all this money what kept you so long tonight? he said no by god except that i had dinner last night at home. so i said to our companions if it were not for the fact that he had not eaten at home for a long time and that this was strange of him he would not have needed this exception and this condition. where do people have dinner except in their own homes? and a man only says in such a case no by god except that soandso detained me. no by god except that soandso insisted on me. as for what is excepted and stipulated this is what can only be as we mentioned before.
فقلت له، وقد ورث هذا المال كله ما بطأ بك الليلة؟ قال لا والله إلا أني تعشيت، البارحة، في البيت. فقلت لأصحابنا لولا أنه بعيد العهد بالأكل في بيته، وإن ذلك لغريب منه، لما احتاج إلى هذا الإستثناء، وإلى هذه الشريطة. وأين يتعشى الناس إلا في منازلهم؟ وإنما يقول الرجل عند مثل هذه المسألة لا والله إلا أن فلانا حبسني، لا والله إلا أن فلانا عزم علي. فأما ما يستثنى ويشترط، فهذا ما لا يكون إلا على ما ذكرناه، من قبل.