 hisham bin abdul malik passed by some of the expensive and curious people and he was wearing a long robe and was dragging it in the dirt. the expensive man said to him o man you have ruined your robe. he said what harm would that do you? he said i wish you had thrown it into the fire. he said what good would that do you? so he silenced him completely.
ومر هشام بن عبد الملك ببعض أهل الكلفة والفضول، وعليه حلة ذيالة يسحبها في التراب، فقال له المتكلف يا هذا، إنك قد أفسدت ثوبك. قال وما يضرك من ذلك؟ قال ليتك ألقيته في النار. قال وما ينفعك من ذلك؟ فأفحمه غاية الإفحام.