he was a man from the sons of harbiyah who was generous and kind. he used to visit ibn abbad often and spend a lot of money on him because of his desire for literary men and witty sheikhs. he thought that his generosity was to increase his companionship and he had heard of his abstinence but he did not think that there was no way to do it.
وكان رجل من أبناء الحربية له سخاء وأريحية، وكان يكثر من استزارة ٢ ابن عباد، ويتلف عليه من الأموال، من طريق الرغبة في الأدباء وفي مشايخ الظرفاء. وكان يظن بكرمه، أن زيارته ابن عباد في منزله زيادة في المؤانسة وقد كان بلغه إمساكه، ولكنه لم يظن أنه لا حيلة في سببه.