and his arrogance reached what ibrahim bin hani told me. he said i was with him one day when a seller passed by him and he shouted peaches peaches. i said have peaches arrived yet? he said yes they have arrived and we have had a lot of them. my anger at him made me call the seller and i turned to ibn alkharki and said woe to you we have not heard of him yet and you have had a lot of them? you know that our companions are more luxurious than you. then i turned to the seller and said how do you sell peaches? he said six for dirhams. i said are you one of those who buy six peaches for a dirham and you know that after a few days they will be sold for two hundred dirhams?
وبلغ من نفجه مع ذلك ما خبرني به إبراهيم بن هانيء ٢ قال كنت عنده يوما، إذ مر به بعض الباعة، فصاح الخوخ الخوخ . فقلت وقد جاء الخوخ بعد ؟ قال نعم قد جاء، وقد أكثرنا منه ، فدعاني الغيظ عليه الى أن دعوت البياع، وأقبلت على ابن الخاركي، فقلت ويحك نحن لم نسمع به بعد، وأنت قد اكثرت منه؟ وقد تعلم أن أصحابنا أترف منك ، ثم أقبلت على البياع فقلت كيف تبيع الخوخ؟ ، فقال ستة بدرهم . قلت أنت ممن يشتري ست خوخات بدرهم، وأنت تعلم أنه يباع بعد أيام مائتين بدرهم ؟