almakki told me i once said to ismail i have never seen anyone spend from his money on people and then when he needed them they helped him. he said if what they do was pleasing to god and in accordance with the truth god would not have gathered for them treachery and meanness from all corners of the earth. if this spending was in his right god the most high would not have afflicted them from among all his creation.
وحدثني المكي، قال قلت لإسماعيل مرة لم أر أحدا قط أنفق على الناس من ماله، فلما احتاج إليهم آسوه ٤ . قال لو كان ما يصنعون لله رضى، وللحق موافقا، لما جمع الله لهم الغدر واللؤم من أقطار الأرض. ولو كان هذا الإنفاق في حقه، لما ابتلاهم الله جل ذكره من جميع خلقه .